0 the act of pausing before doing something, especially because you are nervous or not certain: --
The pause preceding the parenthetical can best be interpreted as a hesitation pause, serving a pragmatic function as outlined in section 3 above.
Hesitation in accepting this principle may be due to indifference, religious prejudice and lack of funds.
The data of two additional participants were rejected, one because of a misunderstanding regarding the task, and another because of an abnormal number of hesitations.
After a sign of hesitation, information's provided city's without it - it calls for immediate attention.
These hesitations and waverings do sometimes occur, and they made behaviorists uncomfortable because they suggested that animals might be in mental turmoil over difficult trials.
In this case the ticks stopped be/ore reaching the barrier, but after some hesitation 45 crossed whilst 5 skirted the barrier.
In terms of effectiveness the line manager had no hesitation in stating that the post is highly cost effective.
For the first time in the course of our conversations, we noticed uncertainty and hesitation, and then he frankly admitted that he did not know.