What (who) is Cease - definition
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Cease (disambiguation)
v.
1) (E) the old empire has ceased to exist
2) (rare) (G) we ceased pretending
cease
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Cease (disambiguation)
(ceases, ceasing, ceased)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. (FORMAL)
At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
= halt
VERB: V
2.
If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. (FORMAL)
He never ceases to amaze me...
A small number of firms have ceased trading.
VERB: V to-inf, V -ing
3.
If you cease something, you stop it happening or working. (FORMAL)
The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
= stop
VERB: V n
cease
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Cease (disambiguation)
¦ verb come or bring to an end; stop.
Phrases
without cease without stopping.
Origin
ME: from OFr. cesser, from L. cessare, from cedere 'to yield'.
Pronunciation examples for Cease
1. Cease fire!
28 Days Later... (2002)
2. Cease fire!
The book of Eli (2010)
3. cease to be you?
The Rapture of Nerds _ Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross _ Talks at Google
4. a Cease and Desist.
The Monopolists - Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind _ Mary Pilon _ Talks at Google
5. His music never ceases
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Examples of use of Cease
1. Cease–fire, cease–Qassams, cease–assassiations, at least for now.
2. Closed door agreement "A cease–fire is a cease–fire.
3. They signed a cease–fire; but there is no cease–fire in Darfur.
4. "A cease–fire that by its terms cannot be implemented is no cease–fire," Mitri said.
5. A cease–fire that retains for one side the right not to cease firing is not a cease–fire,» Mitri said after the vote in New York.