"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, Roter Audiolink, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Verb (Englisch), Wiktionary:Audio-Datei, Siehe auch Synonyms: boggle, delay, demur, doubt, pause, scruple, shilly-shally, stickle, vacillate, waver, falter, stammer, stutter

Inflected forms

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      "word": "vacillate"
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      "sense": "zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben",
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      "word": "zögern"
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