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Definition of hesitate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofhesitateverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary hesitateverb  /ˈhezɪteɪt/ /ˈhezɪteɪt/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theyhesitate /ˈhezɪteɪt/ /ˈhezɪteɪt/he/she/ithesitates /ˈhezɪteɪts/ /ˈhezɪteɪts/pastsimplehesitated /ˈhezɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈhezɪteɪtɪd/pastparticiplehesitated /ˈhezɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈhezɪteɪtɪd/-ingformhesitating /ˈhezɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈhezɪteɪtɪŋ/Idioms jumptootherresults  [intransitive,transitive]tobeslowtospeakoractbecauseyoufeeluncertainornervousShehesitatedbeforereplying.Heseemedtohesitateasecond.hesitateabout/oversomethingWhenshehesitatedoverherorder,thewaitergaveheranimpatientlook.hesitateabout/overdoingsomethingIdidn'thesitateforamomentabouttakingthejob.hesitateabout/overwhether,how,etc…Shestoodthere,hesitatingoverwhetherornottotellhimthetruth.+speech‘I'mnotsure,’shehesitated.ExtraExamplesSomethingabouthissmilemadeherhesitate.Ibarelyhesitatedbeforesayingyes.Ididn'thesitateaboutworkingwithCraig.Hewashesitatingbetweenthenoodlesandthesalad.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbalittleslightlybriefly…verb+hesitateappeartoseemtomakesomebody…prepositionaboutbetweenover…Seefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  [intransitive]hesitatetodosomethingtobeworriedaboutdoingsomething,especiallybecauseyouarenotsurethatitisrightorappropriatePleasedonothesitatetocontactmeifyouhaveanyqueries.Ifyou'dlikemetosendyouthebook,thenpleasedon'thesitatetoask.Sheneverhesitatedtospeakhermind.TopicsDoubt,guessingandcertaintyb2MoreLikeThisVerbsusuallyfollowedbyinfinitivesVerbsusuallyfollowedbyinfinitivesaffordagreeappeararrangeattemptbegchooseconsentdecideexpectfailhappenhesitatehopeintendlearnmanagemeanneglectofferpreparepretendpromiserefusesweartrywantwish WordOriginearly17thcent.:fromLatinhaesitat-‘stuckfast,leftundecided’,fromtheverbhaesitare,fromhaerere‘stick,stay’.Idiomshewhohesitates(islost)(saying)ifyoudelayindoingsomethingyoumayloseagoodopportunitySeehesitateintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeehesitateintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: hesitate Nearbywords hesitantadjective hesitantlyadverb hesitateverb hesitationnoun hessiannoun ambition noun     FromtheWordlist Oxford3000 B1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay



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