cease

cease  (ss)

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.

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[Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessre, to stop, frequentative of cdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

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cease

Verb

[ceasing, ceased]

to bring or come to an end

Noun

without cease without stopping [Latin cessare]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cease - (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
Verb	1.	cease - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up knock off, drop - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" leave off - stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending" close off, shut off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" break - give up; "break cigarette smoking"
	2.	cease - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" end, terminate, finish, stop pass away - go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away" lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed" cut out - cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out" go out - become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark" adjourn, recess, break up - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" disappear, vanish - cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" climax, culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" run out - become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out" run low, run short, go - to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" disappear, vanish, go away - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" conclude, close - come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" come out, turn out - result or end; "How will the game turn out?" discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" break - come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"

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cease

verb 1. stop, end, finish, be over, come to an end, peter out, die away << OPPOSITE start

2. discontinue, end, stop, fail, finish, give up, conclude, suspend, halt, terminate, break off, refrain, leave off, give over (informal) bring to an end, desist, belay Nautical << OPPOSITE begin

Translations

cease [siːs] vt → cesar

cease [siːs] vt, vi → cesser

cease [siːs] vt → beenden

vi → aufhören

cease [siːs] vt, vi → cessare

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cease

v cease [siːs]

to stop or (bring to an) end They were ordered to cease firing; That department has ceased to exist; This foolishness must cease!; Cease this noise! ophou يَتَوَقَّف книж. спирам přestat, zastavit ophøre aufhören σταματώ, παύω cesar lakkama, lõpetama متوقف کردن؛ پایان دادن lakata, lopettaa cesser לְהַפסִיק विराम लगाना prestati abbahagy berhenti hætta cessare, smettere やめる 그만두다 nustoti, sustabdyti beigt; pārtraukt henti ophouden, ophouden met opphøre, slutte kończyć (się) cessar a înceta прекращать(ся) skončiť prenehati prekinuti upphöra หยุด dur(dur)mak 停止 переставати; припиняти(ся) بند کرنا ، روک دینا ngừng 停止

adj ˈceaseless

continuous; never ceasing ceaseless noise. onophoudelik, voortdurend لا يَتَوَقَّف безспирен ustavičný, nekonečný uophørlig; endeløs unaufhörlich αδιάκοπος incesante lakkamatu مداوم؛ بی وقفه herkeämätön continuel בִּלְתִי פּוֹסֵק लगातार neprestan szüntelen tidak berhenti sífelldur, stöðugur incessante, continuo 絶え間のない 끊임없는 nepaliaujamas nepārtraukts tanpa henti onafgebroken uopphørlig, uavlatelig, endeløs bezustanny contínuo neîncetat непрерывный ustavičný neprestan neprekidan oupphörlig ไม่รู้จักจบ durmadan, boyuna 不停的 безперервний, невпинний دائمی ، مسلسل liên tiếp 不停的

adv ˈceaselessly

aaneen, sonder ophou بِصورَةٍ لا تَتَوَقَّف непрестанно nekonečně, nepřetržitě uophørligt; endeløst unaufhörlich αδιάκοπα incesantemente lakkamatult بطور مداوم lakkaamatta sans arrêt בְּצוּרָה בִּלְתִי פּוֹסֶקֶת निरन्तरता neprestano szüntelenül tanpa akhir án afláts incessantemente 絶え間なく 끊임없이 nepaliaujamai nepārtraukti dengan tanpa henti onafgebroken uten opphør, endeløst bezustannie continuamente neîncetat непрерывно nepretržite nenehno neprekidno oupphörligt อย่างไม่รู้จักจบ durmadan, durmaksızın 不停地 безперервно, невпинно دائمی طور پر ، مسلسل طریقے سے một cách liên tiếp 不停地