"hesitate" meaning in Englisch

See hesitate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hesitate.wav Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present hesitate, he hesitates, she hesitates, it hesitates, simple past hesitated, present participle hesitating, past participle hesitated
  1. zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben
    Sense id: de-hesitate-en-verb-PgfGU2tC
  2. stocken (beim Sprechen)
    Sense id: de-hesitate-en-verb-Ji-Q1tnX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hesitater Translations (zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben): zögern (Deutsch), zaudern (Deutsch), hésiter (Französisch)
Categories (other): Anagramm sortiert (Englisch), Englisch, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Verb (Englisch), Siehe auch Synonyms: boggle, delay, demur, doubt, pause, scruple, shilly-shally, stickle, vacillate, waver, falter, stammer, stutter

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "she hesitates"
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    {
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      "word": "pause"
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      "word": "scruple"
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    {
      "word": "shilly-shally"
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      "word": "stickle"
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      "word": "vacillate"
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      "word": "falter"
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
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      "form": "simple present hesitate"
    },
    {
      "form": "he hesitates"
    },
    {
      "form": "she hesitates"
    },
    {
      "form": "it hesitates"
    },
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      "form": "simple past hesitated"
    },
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    },
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        "zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben"
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      "word": "doubt"
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      "word": "pause"
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    {
      "word": "scruple"
    },
    {
      "word": "shilly-shally"
    },
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      "word": "stickle"
    },
    {
      "word": "vacillate"
    },
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      "word": "waver"
    },
    {
      "word": "falter"
    },
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      "word": "stammer"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben",
      "sense_index": "1",
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      "sense": "zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben",
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