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cease

UK
/siːs/
US
/siːs/

Translations

ceaseverb
ceased
Past Simple
ceased
Past Participle
ceasing
Gerund
UK
/siːs/
US
/siːs/
The factory will cease operations at the end of the month.
L'usine cessera ses activités à la fin du mois.
Synonyms
stop
suspend
give up
quit
end
conclude
finish
terminate
discontinue
halt
Antonyms
proceed
persist
continue
ceasenoun
UK
/siːs/
US
/sis/
cessationLittéraire.
They laboured without cease for twelve hours.
Ils ont travaillé sans cessation pendant douze heures.
Synonyms
halt
standstill
interruption
suspension
end
termination
discontinuance
pause
stoppage
cessation
Antonyms
continuance
onset
commencement
beginning
start
resumption
continuation

Definitions

ceaseverb
To bring or come to an end.
The factory will cease operations at the end of the month.
To stop doing something.
He was ordered to cease all contact with the victim.
ceasenoun
A cessation or stopping of an action or process (chiefly literary).
They laboured without cease for twelve hours.
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