1 ~ (about / over sth) to be slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain or nervous:
[V] She hesitated before replying. * I didn't hesitate for a moment about taking the job. * He seemed to hesitate a second. * She stood there, hesitating over whether or not to tell him the truth. [also Vspeech]
2 [Vtoinf] to be worried about doing sth, especially because you are not sure that it is right or appropriate:
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. * If you'd like me to send you the book, then please don't hesitate to ask.
hesitation noun [U,C]:
She agreed without the slightest hesitation. * We were trained to speak fluently and without unnecessary hesitations.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for hesitate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hesitate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hesitate is tagged as verb.
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