[
  {
    "word": "pause",
    "phonetic": "/p\u0254\u02d0z/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/p\u0254\u02d0z/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/p\u0254z/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pause-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1684686",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.",
            "synonyms": [
              "hiatus",
              "moratorium",
              "recess"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A short time for relaxing and doing something else.",
            "synonyms": [
              "break",
              "holiday",
              "recess"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Hesitation; suspense; doubt.",
            "synonyms": [
              "vacillation",
              "wavering"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Teach the pupil to mind the pauses."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A break or paragraph in writing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "break",
          "holiday",
          "recess",
          "hiatus",
          "moratorium",
          "recess",
          "vacillation",
          "wavering"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To interrupt an activity and wait.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "When telling the scary story, he paused for effect."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to pause a song, a video, or a computer game"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To consider; to reflect.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pause",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pause"
    ]
  }
]