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