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cease
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- pronunciation:
- sis
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verb |
| inflections: |
ceases, ceasing, ceased |
| definition 1: |
When something ceases, it stops or comes to an end.
After four days, the rain finally ceased.- synonyms:
- end, stop
- antonyms:
- continue
- similar words:
- check, conclude, die, halt, keep, pass, suspend
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| definition 2: |
If you cease doing something, you stop doing it, or you make something stop or end. If something ceases to exist, it stops living or existing. If something ceases to happen, it stops happening.
Just after midnight, the band ceased playing.If these animals continue to lose their habitat, they will cease to exist.The soldier never ceased loving his girlfriend at home.- synonyms:
- conclude, stop
- antonyms:
- begin, continue, start
- similar words:
- check, end, halt, quit, suspend
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| related words: |
expire, finish, rest, stop, vanish |
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