pause
n. countablen. a short break in an activity before you start again. You use this when you stop talking or stop a video for a moment.
n. a temporary cessation in action, speech, or a process. Often used to indicate a brief interval of silence or inactivity before resumption.
There was a long pause before she answered the phone.
The speaker made a dramatic pause to let the audience think about his last point.
The conductor signaled a brief pause between the first and second movements, allowing the tension of the opening theme to dissipate before the melody resumed.
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.
Often follows the verbs 'take', 'make', or 'give'.