"hesitation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-hesitation.ogg [US] Forms: hesitations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|haesitātiōnem}} Latin haesitātiōnem, {{m|la|haesitātiō||hesitating, stammering}} haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), {{m|la|haesitō||hesitate}} haesitō (“hesitate”), {{ncog|ang|ġewand}} Old English ġewand Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)
  1. An act of hesitating Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of hesitating): cunctation Translations (act of hesitating): ὄκνος (óknos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), tərəddüd (Azerbaijani), колебание (kolebanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), нерешителност (nerešitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hesitació [feminine] (Catalan), vacil·lació [feminine] (Catalan), 躊躇 (Chinese Mandarin), 踌躇 (chóuchú) (Chinese Mandarin), 猶豫 (Chinese Mandarin), 犹豫 (yóuyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 遲疑 (Chinese Mandarin), 迟疑 (chíyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 彷徨 (pánghuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), váhání [neuter] (Czech), aarzeling (Dutch), empiminen (Finnish), epäröinti (Finnish), hésitation [feminine] (French), vacilación [feminine] (Galician), Zögern [neuter] (German), δισταγμός (distagmós) [masculine] (Greek), habozás (Hungarian), hezitálás (Hungarian), bizonytalankodás (Hungarian), keragu-raguan (Indonesian), esitazione [feminine] (Italian), 躊躇 (chūcho) (Japanese), ためらい (tamerai) (Japanese), cunctātiō [feminine] (Latin), haesitātiō [feminine] (Latin), Zécken [neuter] (Luxembourgish), ġewand [neuter] (Old English), wahanie [neuter] (Polish), niezdecydowanie [neuter] (Polish), hesitação [feminine] (Portuguese), ezitare [feminine] (Romanian), șovăială [feminine] (Romanian), нереши́тельность (nerešítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sgogarsaich [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), sòradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), hesitación [feminine] (Spanish), vacilación [feminine] (Spanish), dudas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), titubeo [masculine] (Spanish), tvekan [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hesitation-en-noun-wJzy09hj Disambiguation of 'act of hesitating': 95 3 1 Disambiguation of 'act of hesitating': 95 3 1
  2. doubt; vacillation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering
    Sense id: en-hesitation-en-noun-YNk4OiMh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 87 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 84 8 Disambiguation of 'doubt, vacillation': 2 97 1
  3. A faltering in speech; stammering. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (faltering in speech): заекване (zaekvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 支吾 (zhīwu) (Chinese Mandarin), 吞吐 (tūntǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 口吃 (kǒuchī) (Chinese Mandarin), 結巴 (Chinese Mandarin), 结巴 (jiéba) (Chinese Mandarin), zaváhání [neuter] (Czech), takeltelu (Finnish), Zögern [neuter] (German), sòradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-hesitation-en-noun-v3ucDOSE Disambiguation of 'faltering in speech': 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hold-up, delay, hæsitation [18th–19th C.] [archaic] Derived forms: hesitation mark, hesitation wound Related terms: hesitate

Inflected forms

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        "1": "~"
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      "expansion": "hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hesitate"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An act of hesitating"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitating",
          "hesitating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "She carried out the order without hesitation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "doubt; vacillation."
      ],
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        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ],
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          "vacillation",
          "vacillation"
        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A faltering in speech; stammering."
      ],
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        [
          "faltering",
          "faltering"
        ],
        [
          "stammering",
          "stammering"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-us-hesitation.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "cunctation"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold-up"
    },
    {
      "word": "delay"
    },
    {
      "sense": "doubt, vacillation",
      "word": "irresolution"
    },
    {
      "sense": "doubt, vacillation",
      "word": "wavering"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hæsitation [18th–19th C.]"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "tərəddüd"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolebanie",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "колебание"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nerešitelnost",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нерешителност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hesitació"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vacil·lació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "躊躇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chóuchú",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "踌躇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "猶豫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "犹豫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "遲疑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chíyí",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "迟疑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pánghuáng",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "彷徨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "váhání"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "aarzeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "empiminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "epäröinti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hésitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vacilación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "distagmós",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δισταγμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "óknos",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ὄκνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "habozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "hezitálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "bizonytalankodás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "keragu-raguan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esitazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūcho",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "躊躇"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamerai",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "ためらい"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cunctātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haesitātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zécken"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ġewand"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wahanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "niezdecydowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hesitação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ezitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "șovăială"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nerešítelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нереши́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgogarsaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sòradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hesitación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vacilación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "dudas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "titubeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvekan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaekvane",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заекване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīwu",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "word": "支吾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tūntǔ",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "word": "吞吐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǒuchī",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "word": "口吃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "word": "結巴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéba",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "word": "结巴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zaváhání"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "word": "takeltelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "faltering in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sòradh"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hesitation"
  ],
  "word": "hesitation"
}

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