English > cease: 3 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | put an end to a state or an activity. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They cease moving |
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| Synonyms | discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off |
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| Narrower | break | Give up |
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| call it quits, call it a day | stop doing what one is doing |
| cheese | Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) |
| drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting |
| leave off | stop using |
| pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing |
| retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation |
| shut off, close off | stem the flow of |
| sign off | Cease broadcasting |
| Opposite | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
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| Spanish | acabar, cesar, dejar, descatalogar, descontinuar, discontinuar, parar, terminar |
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| Catalan | aturar, cessar, deixar, descatalogar, discontinuar, finalitzar, parar |
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| Nouns | cease | ('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end |
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| cessation | a stopping |
English > cease: 3 senses > verb 2, stative| Meaning | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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| Synonyms | end, stop, finish, terminate |
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| Caused by | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
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| Narrower | adjourn, recess, break up | Close at the end of a session |
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| break | Come to an end |
| conclude, close | Come to a close |
| culminate, climax | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
| cut out | Cease operating |
| discontinue | Come to or be at an end |
| go out | Become extinguished |
| lapse | end, at least for a long time |
| pass away | go out of existence |
| run low, run short, go | To be spent or finished |
| run out | become used up |
| turn out, come out | Result or end |
| vanish, disappear | Cease to exist |
| vanish, disappear, go away | Become invisible or unnoticeable / unnoticeable |
| Opposite | begin, start | Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
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| Spanish | acabar, cesar, concluir, fenecer, finalizar, finir, parar, terminar |
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| Catalan | acabar, aturar, cessar, enllestir, finalitzar, finir, parar, terminar |
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