hesitate meaning
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[ˈhɛzɪteɪt] WHesitate
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- VerbSGhesitatesPRhesitatingPT, PPhesitatedSUF-ate
- (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
- He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
- (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
- (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Henry had hesitated before authorising the spoliation; he would soon tergiversate on other matters of doctrine but this act was irreversible.
- The surgeon's sureness was the result of long study in school and long practice in the operating room, never did he hesitate and never was there a mis-move.
- He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of hesitate in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Verbs
- en hesitated
- en hesitater
- en hesitates
- en hesitaters
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "hesitate" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.