| abeyance | | |
| n. (state) | 1. abeyance, suspension | temporary cessation or suspension. |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ cold storage | in a state of abeyance or postponement. |
| ~ deferral, recess | a state of abeyance or suspended business. |
| ~ moratorium | suspension of an ongoing activity. |
| ~ stand-down, standdown | a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness. |
| expect | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| ~ guess, reckon, imagine, opine, suppose, think | expect, believe, or suppose.; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" |
| ~ assume, presume, take for granted | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.; "I assume his train was late" |
| ~ conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | look forward to the probable occurrence of.; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" |
| ~ believe, trust | be confident about something.; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
| v. (communication) | 2. ask, expect, require | consider obligatory; request and expect.; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" |
| ~ demand | request urgently and forcefully.; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
| ~ call | require the presentation of for redemption before maturation.; "Call a bond" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. await, expect, look, wait | look forward to the probable occurrence of.; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" |
| ~ expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| ~ look forward | expect or hope for.; "I look to hear from you soon" |
| ~ look to | turn one's interests or expectations towards.; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings" |
| ~ hold the line, hang on, hold on | hold the phone line open.; "Please hang on while I get your folder" |
| ~ look for, look to, anticipate | be excited or anxious about. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. expect | consider reasonable or due.; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (body) | 5. expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| ~ have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | look forward to the probable occurrence of.; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" |
| v. (body) | 6. bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| pause | | |
| n. (time) | 1. break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something.; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" |
| ~ blackout | a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. |
| ~ caesura | a pause or interruption (as in a conversation).; "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" |
| ~ dead air | an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound. |
| ~ delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold | time during which some action is awaited.; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| ~ halftime | an intermission between the first and second half of a game. |
| ~ rest period, rest, respite, relief | a pause for relaxation.; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" |
| ~ time-out | a brief suspension of play.; "each team has two time-outs left" |
| ~ letup, lull | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.; "there was never a letup in the noise" |
| n. (act) | 2. pause | temporary inactivity. |
| ~ inactivity | being inactive; being less active. |
| ~ time out, respite, break, recess | a pause from doing something (as work).; "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" |
| ~ falter, faltering, waver, hesitation | the act of pausing uncertainly.; "there was a hesitation in his speech" |
| ~ intermission | the act of suspending activity temporarily. |
| ~ freeze, halt | an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement.; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" |
| v. (stative) | 3. hesitate, pause | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing.; "The speaker paused" |
| ~ hem and haw | utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation.; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd" |
| ~ scruple | hesitate on moral grounds.; "The man scrupled to perjure himself" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| v. (communication) | 4. break, intermit, pause | cease an action temporarily.; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| ~ catch one's breath, take a breather, rest, breathe | take a short break from one's activities in order to relax. |
| ~ take five | take a break for five minutes.; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal" |
| ~ take ten | take a ten minute break.; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal" |
| waiting | | |
| n. (act) | 1. wait, waiting | the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something).; "the wait was an ordeal for him" |
| ~ inactivity | being inactive; being less active. |
| adj. | 2. ready and waiting, waiting | being and remaining ready and available for use.; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" |
| ~ ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress.; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" |
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