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 Definitions of cease  [sis]  

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Definition of 'cease' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) cease
to stop; discontinue.

2.  cease
to come to an end.

3.  cease
Obs. to pass away; die out.

4. (v.t.) cease
to put a stop or end to; halt:
to cease hostilities.

5. (n.) cease
cessation:
The noise continued without cease.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME ces(s)en < OF cesser < L cessāre to hold back, desist, freq. of cēdere to withdraw, cede)

Definition of 'cease' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) cease
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

2. (verb) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"

3. (verb) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"


Definition of 'cease' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) cease
to stop or cause to stop happening or existing
to cease production of a product; What if the U.N. ceased to exist?


Definition of 'cease' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cease
extinction

2. (verb) cease
to come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased

3. (verb) cease
to be wanting; to fail; to pass away

4. (verb) cease
to put a stop to; to bring to an end


Translation of 'cease' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to stop or (bring to an) end
They were ordered to cease firing; That department has ceased to exist; This foolishness must cease!; Cease this noise!

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ophou Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَوَقَّف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: книж. спирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cessar Czech flag Czech: přestat, zastavit German flag German: aufhören
Danish flag Danish: ophøre Greek flag Greek: σταματώ, παύω Spanish flag Spanish: cesar
Estonian flag Estonian: lakkama, lõpetama Farsi flag Farsi: متوقف کردن؛ پایان دادن Finnish flag Finnish: lopettaa
French flag French: cesser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַפסִיק Hindi flag Hindi: विराम लगाना
Croatian flag Croatian: prestati Hungarian flag Hungarian: abbahagy Indonesian flag Indonesian: berhenti
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hætta Italian flag Italian: cessare, smettere Japanese flag Japanese: やめる
Korean flag Korean: 중지하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nustoti, sustabdyti Latvian flag Latvian: beigt; pārtraukt
Malay flag Malay: henti Dutch flag Dutch: ophouden, ophouden met Norwegian flag Norwegian: opphøre, slutte
Polish flag Polish: kończyć (się) Persian flag Persian: متوقف کردن؛ پایان دادن Pashto flag Pashto: تمامول پاى ته رسول، درول،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cessar Romanian flag Romanian: aînceta Russian flag Russian: прекращать(ся)
Slovak flag Slovak: skončiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: prenehati Serbian flag Serbian: prekinuti
Swedish flag Swedish: upphöra Thai flag Thai: หยุด Turkish flag Turkish: dur(dur)mak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 停止 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: переставати; припиняти(ся Urdu flag Urdu: بند کرنا ، روک دینا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngừng Chinese flag Chinese: 停止

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