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- Dictionarycease/siːs/
verb
- 1. come or bring to an end: "the hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed" Similar Opposite
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to stop an action or condition: [ T ] Clapp had to cease publication because of lack of money. [ + to infinitive ] It was hard to accept that one day he would simply cease to exist. (Definition of cease from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cease. cease.
1. a. : to come to an end. the fighting gradually ceased. b. : to bring an activity or action to an end : discontinue. they have been ordered to cease and desist. 2. obsolete : to become extinct : die out. cease. 2 of 2. noun.
1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases. 2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: "fold our wings, / And cease from wanderings" (Tennyson). n. Cessation; ceasing: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.
to end something or cause it to end. stop Stop pulling your brother's hair this instant! quit Quit poking your sister, will you? halt We halted the assembly line to check the equipment. discontinue The lab has discontinued this line of research due to ethical concerns.
To cease is to stop or end. Your gym teacher may have trained the class so well that all chattering will cease every time she blows her whistle. Cease comes from the Old French cesser, which means "come to an end," "go away," "give up," or "yield."
noun. without cease. without stopping; incessantly. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of cease 1. First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ces (s)en, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre “to leave off,” equivalent to cess (us) (past participle of cēdere “to withdraw, go”; cede. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
Definition of 'cease' Word Frequency. cease. (siːs ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense ceases , present participle ceasing , past tense, past participle ceased. 1. verb B2. If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. [formal] At one o'clock the rain had ceased. [VERB] 2. verb B2. If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
Definition of cease verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
cease. (sis ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense ceases, present participle ceasing, past tense, past participle ceased. 1. intransitive verb. If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. [formal] At one o'clock the rain had ceased. 2. transitive verb. If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
Definition of cease – Learner’s Dictionary. cease. verb [ I, T ] formal uk / siːs / us. Add to word list. B2. to stop: [ + doing sth ] He ordered his men to cease firing. [ + to do sth ] Her behaviour never ceases to amaze me. (Definition of cease from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of cease.
