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cease meaning

EN[siːs] [-iːs]
US
WCease
  • Cease may refer to:
  • CEASE, a nonprofit organization
  • Cease (surname), a surname

    Definition of cease in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGceasesPRceasingPT, PPceasedSUF-ase
    1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.
      1. And with that, his twitching ceased.
    2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
      1. And with that, he ceased twitching.
    3. (obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
    4. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Their principles will cease to be dear to them, whenever they shall cease to subserve the purposes of good order.
        • Someone adjured the editor to cease posting silly articles.
        • The Aerophore was attached as soon as respiration ceased and was continued for three minutes at which time the animal began to breathe spontaneously.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Intransitive verbs
          • Transitive verbs
        Related Links:
        1. en ceased
        2. en cease-fire
        3. en ceasefire
        4. en ceases
        5. en ceaseth
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of cease for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "cease" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
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