to cease
440
3.6
- verb
- /siːs/
- Number one, I want all doubting to cease from this point forth.
- cease to exist
- never cease
- cease to function
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Watch on YouTubeYou, your, your friends and family will cease to exist.
- You, your, your friends and family will cease to exist.
- Let violence cease, that the law be kept.
- And I want to cease talking to you about it.
- The empire might cease, but the Church would not.
- And suddenly the darkness and the whispering ceased and were dispelled.
- But during that time, meat plants cease to operate.
- And eventually it would crumble and and cease to exist.
- Every single time I watch the movie, it never ceases to just hit me super hard.
- If you get LDL low enough, HDL ceases to be a meaningful predictor at all.
- They will become so embedded that we will cease to think about them.
- Either that time stopped or just time ceased to exist.
- And that pause on funding, you know, ceased long ago.
- The murmuring of Emily's bees has ceased one after one.
- These niggas tried to cease and desist broken play.
Examples
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The factory will cease production next month due to low demand.
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Rather, all talk of the refugee issue must cease from the very beginning of the operation.
Academic text (1990) -
And I want to cease talking to you about it.
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To cease all contact with my wife?
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We will also cease working with both casters.
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Sir, I need you to cease and desist.
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But would marriage cease to exist if these benefits were distributed in a more equitable fashion?
Academic text (2011) -
Cease activity and call 911 for immediate response.
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Only after my trips west had ceased did I guess the answer to the enigma.
Fiction book (1990) -
Such luxuries as family outings may cease altogether, creating resentment from other family members.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something end and not continue
∞
1.0
To stop something or make it finish
∞
1.0
To bring something to an end or complete it
∞
1.0
To stop an activity or end a habit
∞
1.2
To stop trying to do something or accept defeat
∞
1.0
To stop doing a habit or activity like smoking
411
2.8
Stop something from working or continuing
301
1.0
To make a ticket, order, or rule no longer valid
197
2.6
Stop something from working by using a switch or valve
178
2.4
To stop moving or make something stop moving
156
7.2
Stop doing something annoying when someone tells you
151
4.6
To make something stop or finish
129
3.0
To make something stop completely
128
3.2
To stop something suddenly before it is finished, for example a talk or relationship
118
3.4
Stop doing something that annoys someone
111
4.1
To officially end a law, system, or practice
82
5.6
To stop a plan or activity before it finishes, often because of problems
58
3.0
To end something so it no longer happens
48
4.2
To stop something that is happening or being given
43
4.3
To stop being a group, for example a band or committee
36
3.9
To stop doing something because you cannot continue or feel you have done enough
34
5.6
To stop doing something that is not allowed or wanted
30
3.7
Bring an activity or meeting to an end
25
3.4
Stop moving or working completely
23
5.3
To officially stop an action or process for a time
22
3.5
To end, often after a meeting or event
14
5.5
End something completely, for example a custom or a debt
13
4.3
To slow down an activity or stop it
7
5.3
Decide that a matter has ended and do nothing more about it
1
3.6
End something completely so it does not continue
1
5.8
End a computer or website connection when you finish using it
To stop a meeting or discussion
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Stopped
151
4.6
440
3.6
178
2.4
28
3.9
796
2.5
336
1.0
893
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cease comes from an old Latin root ced-/cess- meaning 'to give way' or 'go', and you can see the same root in words like recede and concede. So to cease is to 'give way' or come to an end — in other words, to stop.