paused

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paused

/pɔːzd/ UK
/pɔzd/ US
/pɑzd/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔzd, -ɔːzd, -ɑzd

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of pause

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adjourned, arrested, calm, deliberate, detained, flinched, halt, halted, halts, hesitated, interrupted, stalled, stop, stopped, stops, suspends

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"paused." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paused. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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paused. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paused

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"paused." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paused.

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@misc{paused_2026,
  title = {paused},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paused},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}