cease
11cease to be — index decease, dissipate (spread out), expire, perish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12cease — *stop, quit, discontinue, desist Analogous words: end, terminate, *close, conclude, finish: stay, suspend, intermit (see DEFER) Contrasted words: *spring, arise, rise, originate: *begin, commence, start, initiate, inaugurate: * …
13cease — [v] stop, conclude back off, break off, bring to an end, call it a day*, call it quits*, close, close out, come to an end, culminate, cut it out*, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, give over, halt, intermit, knock off*, leave off …
14cease — cease1 W3 [si:s] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: cesser, from Latin cessare to delay , from cedere; CEDE] 1.) formal to stop doing something or stop happening cease to do sth ▪ He ceased to be a member of the association. ▪ …
15cease — 1 verb (I, T) formal to stop doing something or stop happening: cease (doing) sth: The company ceased trading at 6 pm today. | It rained all day without ceasing. | cease sth: The committee decided to cease financial support. | cease to do sth:… …
16cease */*/ — UK [siːs] / US [sɪs] verb Word forms cease : present tense I/you/we/they cease he/she/it ceases present participle ceasing past tense ceased past participle ceased 1) [intransitive] formal to stop happening or continuing Conversation ceased when… …
17cease — 01. The rain finally [ceased] falling just after midnight. 02. It never [ceases] to amaze me how little Ted does at work, yet no one seems to notice. 03. Someone once said that a friend is one who believes in you when you [cease] to believe in… …
18cease — [c]/sis / (say sees) verb (ceased, ceasing) –verb (i) 1. to stop (moving, speaking, etc.): he ceased crying. 2. to come to an end: I ll continue as soon as that noise ceases. 3. Obsolete to die. –verb (t) 4. to put a stop or end to; discontinue:… …
19cease — I. verb (ceased; ceasing) Etymology: Middle English cesen, from Anglo French cesser, from Latin cessare to hold back, be remiss, frequentative of cedere Date: 14th century transitive verb to cause to come to an end especially gradually ; no… …
20cease — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether, completely, entirely ▪ The noise faded, then ceased altogether. ▪ all but, almost, virtually ▪ …
