cease

v., ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·es.

v.tr.
To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See synonyms at stop.

v.intr.

1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.
2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: "fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings" (Tennyson).

n.
Cessation; pause: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.

[Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop, frequentative of cēdere, to yield.]

verb

1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, check, discontinue, halt, stall, stay, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, check, discontinue, halt, leave off, quit, stall, stop, surcease. Idioms: come to ahaltstandstillstop. See continue/stop/pause.
3. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: break off, discontinue, interrupt, suspend, terminate. See continue/stop/pause.

noun

A concluding or terminating: cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continue/stop/pause.

In addition to the idiom beginning with cease, also see wonders will never cease.

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v

Definition: stop, conclude
Antonyms: begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, keep on, start

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IN BRIEF: To stop.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

Tutor's tip: The "seas" (more than one sea) will never "cease" (to stop) their tidal activity. One who "sees" (3d person singular, present tense of to see) clearly will know that she can "seize" a moment, but cannot stop the tide.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - holde op med
v. intr. - ophøre, lægge op
n. - ophør

Nederlands (Dutch)
ophouden (met), beëindigen/ stopzetten

Français (French)
v. tr. - cesser (de faire)
v. intr. - cesser
n. - cessation, arrêt

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufhören mit, einstellen, zu Ende gehen
n. - Ende

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σταματώ, διακόπτω, λήγω, δίνω τέλος

Italiano (Italian)
smettere di, cessare di, cessare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cessar

Русский (Russian)
прекращать, переставать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cesar, suspender, poner fin a algo
v. intr. - cesar, suspender, poner fin a algo
n. - cese, suspensión, fin

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - upphöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
停止, 结束, 终止

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 停止, 結束
v. intr. - 停止, 終止
n. - 停止

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 그만두다
v. intr. - 그치다, 죽다
n. - 중지

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 止む, 終わる, やめる, 中止する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) كف عن, توقف عن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפסיק, חדל‬
v. intr. - ‮הפסיק, חדל‬
n. - ‮הפסק‬

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