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| has gloss | (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" waffle, hesitate, waver |
| lexicalization | eng: hesitate |
| lexicalization | eng: waffle |
| lexicalization | eng: waver |
| has subclass | (verb) delay linger over, dwell on |
| has subclass | (verb) hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear boggle |
| has subclass | (verb) move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" linger, hover |
| has subclass | (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" hover, vacillate, oscillate, vibrate |
| has subclass | (verb) be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" falter, waver |
| Meaning | |
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| Standard Arabic | |
| lexicalization | arb: تأت |
| Bulgarian | |
| lexicalization | bul: заеквам |
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: vacil·lar |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: váhat |
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| lexicalization | ces: zaváhat |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
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| lexicalization | cmn: pái huai |
| lexicalization | cmn: 徘徊 |
| Welsh | |
| lexicalization | cym: petruso |
| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: tøve |
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| lexicalization | dan: stamme |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: schwanken |
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| lexicalization | deu: stocken |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| lexicalization | ell: διστάζω |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: heziti |
| lexicalization | epo: balbuti |
| lexicalization | epo: ŝanceliĝi |
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| lexicalization | epo: malvoli |
| lexicalization | epo: domaĝi |
| Basque | |
| lexicalization | eus: zalantza egin |
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| lexicalization | eus: hitz_eta_pitz_jardun |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: epäröidä |
| lexicalization | fin: änkyttää |
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| lexicalization | fin: aikailla |
| lexicalization | fin: häilyä |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: hésiter |
| lexicalization | fra: cafouiller |
| lexicalization | fra: bafouiller |
| lexicalization | fra: bredouiller |
| Hebrew | |
| lexicalization | heb: להסס |
| Armenian | |
| lexicalization | hye: վարանել |
| Icelandic | |
| lexicalization | isl: hika |
| Italian | |
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| lexicalization | ita: esitare |
| Georgian | |
| lexicalization | kat: ენის დაბმა |
| Marathi | |
| lexicalization | mar: तोतरें बोलणें |
| Dutch | |
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| lexicalization | nld: weifelen |
| Norwegian Bokmål | |
| lexicalization | nob: nøle |
| Norwegian | |
| lexicalization | nor: nøle |
| Iranian Persian | |
| lexicalization | pes: لكنت داشتن |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: vacilar |
| lexicalization | por: stötön |
| lexicalization | por: gaguejar |
| lexicalization | por: duvidar |
| lexicalization | por: hesitar |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: колебаться |
| Castilian | |
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| lexicalization | spa: titubear |
| Serbian | |
| lexicalization | srp: mucati |
| lexicalization | srp: муцати |
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| lexicalization | srp: kolebati |
| lexicalization | srp: časiti |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: tereddüd etmek |
| lexicalization | tur: duraksamak |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: вагатися |
| lexicalization | ukr: вагатись |
| lexicalization | ukr: коливатись |
| lexicalization | ukr: коливатися |
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| lexicalization | ukr: вагайтеся |
| Vlaams | |
| lexicalization | vls: doddelen |
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