"hesitation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-hesitation.ogg 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: {{bor|en|la|haesitātiōnem}} Latin haesitātiōnem, {{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), ĉi hezito (Esperanto), 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': 94 5 1 Disambiguation of 'act of hesitating': 94 5 1
  2. Doubt; vacillation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering
    Sense id: en-hesitation-en-noun-atC8qITU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 92 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 91 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 87 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 87 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 85 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 84 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 6 86 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 83 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 84 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 6 87 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 86 7 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 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hesitance, hesitancy, hold-up, delay, hæsitation [18th–19th C.] [archaic] Derived forms: hesitation mark, hesitation marker, hesitation wound Related terms: hesitate

Inflected forms

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      "word": "колебание"
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      "roman": "nerešitelnost",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "躊躇"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chóuchú",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "踌躇"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "猶豫"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "犹豫"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "遲疑"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chíyí",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "迟疑"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "pánghuáng",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "彷徨"
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
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      "word": "váhání"
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "aarzeling"
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "ĉi hezito"
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "empiminen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "epäröinti"
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vacilación"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Zögern"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "distagmós",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "δισταγμός"
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      "roman": "óknos",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "habozás"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "hezitálás"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "bizonytalankodás"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "word": "keragu-raguan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cunctātiō"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "haesitātiō"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zécken"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "act of hesitating",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "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"
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    "hesitation"
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}

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