NOUN | time | caesura | a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) |
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communication | caesura | a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line |
Meaning | A pause or interruption (as in a conversation). | |
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Example | "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" | |
Broader | pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension | A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something |
Spanish | cesura | |
Catalan | cesura | |
Adjectives | caesural | of or relating to a caesura |
Meaning | A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line. | |
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Broader | prosody, inflection | The patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
Spanish | cese, cesura | |
Catalan | cesura | |
Adjectives | caesural | of or relating to a caesura |
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