press pause in English

Forms: presses pause [present, singular, third-person], pressing pause [participle, present], pressed pause [participle, past], pressed pause [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: By analogy with the "pause" button on a media player. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} press pause (third-person singular simple present presses pause, present participle pressing pause, simple past and past participle pressed pause)

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{
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with the \"pause\" button on a media player.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presses pause",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressing pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed pause",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "press pause (third-person singular simple present presses pause, present participle pressing pause, simple past and past participle pressed pause)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC",
          "text": "Chinese state media has pressed pause on the US-bashing, releasing a raft of commentaries extolling the merits of resetting relations and working on co-operation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To temporarily stop a process."
      ],
      "id": "en-press_pause-en-verb-05kldCUL",
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) To temporarily stop a process."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "press pause"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with the \"pause\" button on a media player.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presses pause",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressing pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed pause",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed pause",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "press pause (third-person singular simple present presses pause, present participle pressing pause, simple past and past participle pressed pause)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC",
          "text": "Chinese state media has pressed pause on the US-bashing, releasing a raft of commentaries extolling the merits of resetting relations and working on co-operation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To temporarily stop a process."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) To temporarily stop a process."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "press pause"
}

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"press pause" meaning in English

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