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hesitate
Overview of verb hesitate
The verb hesitate has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (16) hesitate, waver, waffle -- (pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures")
2. (9) hesitate, pause -- (interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused")
Grep of noun hesitate
hesitater
Antonyms of verb hesitate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hesitate
2 senses of hesitate
Sense 1
hesitate, waver, waffle
Sense 2
hesitate, pause
=> delay
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hesitate
2 senses of hesitate
Sense 1
hesitate, waver, waffle
=> dwell on, linger over
=> boggle
=> hover, linger
=> hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
=> falter, waver
Sense 2
hesitate, pause
=> hem and haw
=> scruple
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hesitate
2 senses of hesitate
Sense 1
hesitate, waver, waffle
Sense 2
hesitate, pause
=> delay
'Cause To' of verb hesitate
Derived Forms of verb hesitate
2 senses of hesitate
Sense 1
hesitate, waver, waffle
RELATED TO>(adj) hesitant#2
=> groping, hesitant
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitation#1
=> hesitation, vacillation, wavering
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitation#2
=> reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitater#1
=> waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitancy#2
=> reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitator#1
=> waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater
Sense 2
hesitate, pause
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitation#3
=> hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
RELATED TO>(noun) hesitater#1
=> waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater
Domain of verb hesitate
Domain Terms of verb hesitate
Familiarity of verb hesitate
hesitate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb hesitate
2 senses of hesitate
Sense 1
hesitate, waver, waffle
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
*> Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sense 2
hesitate, pause
EX: They hesitate a long time
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb hesitate
1 of 2 senses of hesitate
Sense 2
hesitate, pause
> delay
=> hesitate, pause
=> procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
=> procrastinate
=> postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hesitate
Sense 1
hesitate, waver, waffle
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Sense 2
hesitate, pause
=> delay
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Grep of verb hesitate
hesitate
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