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| VERB | 1 | hesitate, waver, waffle | Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness |
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| 2 | hesitate, pause | Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing |
| Sounds | hheh'zahtey.t |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
| Examples | "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" |
| Synonyms | waver, waffle |
| Narrower | dwell on, linger over; boggle; hover, linger; hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate; falter, waver |
| Entails | doubt |
| Adjectives | hesitant; hesitant |
| Nouns | hesitancy, hesitation; hesitation; hesitator, hesitater |
| Meaning | Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
| Model | They hesitate a long time |
| Synonyms | pause |
| Broader | delay |
| Narrower | hem and haw; scruple |
| Nouns | hesitation; hesitater |
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