different between terminate vs pause

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin termin?tus, past participle of termin? (“I set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?m?ne?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??m?ne?t/
• Hyphenation: ter?mi?nate

Verb

terminate (third-person singular simple present terminates, present participle terminating, simple past and past participle terminated)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To end, especially in an incomplete state.
   • 1857, John Scandrett Harford, The Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti

     During this interval of calm and prosperity, he terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.

2. (transitive or intransitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
3. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.

4. (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
5. Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.

Synonyms

• (to end incompletely): discontinue, stop, break off
• (to kill): See also Thesaurus:kill
• (to end the employment contract): axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off

Antonyms

• (to end incompletely): continue

Related terms

Translations

See also

• abort

Further reading

• terminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• terminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “terminate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Adjective

terminate (comparative more terminate, superlative most terminate)

1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

3. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “terminate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Marinette, antimeter, intermate, tetramine, tretamine

Italian

Verb

terminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of terminare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of terminare
3. second-person plural imperative of terminare

Verb

terminate f pl

1. feminine plural of terminato

Anagrams

• attenermi
• meritante

Latin

Verb

termin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of termin?

References

• terminate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Etymology

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (paûsis). Compare the doublet pausa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pôz, IPA^(key): /p??z/
• (US) enPR: pôz, IPA^(key): /p?z/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: päz, IPA^(key): /p?z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• Homophones: paws, pores (in non-rhotic accents), pours (in non-rhotic accents)

Verb

pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)

1. (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
2. (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
3. (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
4. (transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.

   to pause a song, a video, or a computer game

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To consider; to reflect.

Translations

Noun

pause (plural pauses)

1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

   Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
2. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.

   Synonyms: break, holiday, recess; see also Thesaurus:vacation

3. Hesitation; suspense; doubt.

   Synonyms: vacillation, wavering
4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.

5. A break or paragraph in writing.
6. (music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
7. Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)
8. (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

Derived terms

• filled pause
• pregnant pause

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “stop”).

Noun

pause c (singular definite pausen, plural indefinite pauser)

1. pause

Declension

Derived terms

• pausere

Further reading

• “pause” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “pause” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pausa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poz/

Noun

pause f (plural pauses)

1. pause, break
2. (music) rest

Derived terms

• pause thé

Further reading

• “pause” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

pause f

1. plural of pausa

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pausa.

Noun

pause f (plural pauses)

1. pause (brief cessation)

Descendants

• ? English: pause
• French: pause

References

• “pause” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “stop”).

Noun

pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pauser, definite plural pausene)

1. a pause, a break (short time for relaxing)

Derived terms

• hvilepause
• kaffepause
• lunsjpause

References

• “pause” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “stop”).

Noun

pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pausar, definite plural pausane)

1. a pause or break (short time for relaxing)

Derived terms

• lunsjpause

References

• “pause” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

pause

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of pausar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of pausar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of pausar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of pausar

Spanish

Verb

pause

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pausar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pausar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of pausar.