Dictionary Entry
hesitate
hesitate is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
- 2intransitive verb
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- 3transitive verb
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
- 4verb
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
- 5verb
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
"The speaker paused"
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