CEASE Definition & Meaning

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verb (used without object)

ceased, ceasing.

to stop; discontinue:
Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
Antonyms:
to come to an end:
At last the war has ceased.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
Obsolete. to pass away; die out.

verb (used with object)

ceased, ceasing.

to put a stop or end to; discontinue:
He begged them to cease their quarreling.

noun

cessation:
The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease.

cease

/ ��ː�� /

verb

whentr, may take a gerund or an infinitive as object to bring or come to an end; desist from; stop

noun

without cease
without stopping; incessantly

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cease¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ces(s)en, from Old French cesser, from Latin �� “to leave off,” equivalent to cess(us) (past participle of ��ŧ�� “to withdraw, go”; cede

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Origin of cease¹

C14: from Old French cesser, from Latin ��, frequentative of ��ŧ�� to yield, cede

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Idioms and Phrases

never cease to amaze. never cease to amaze.

More idioms and phrases containing cease

In addition to the idiom beginning with cease , also see wonders will never cease .

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Example Sentences

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He was a tariff man, but this is the point when the Republican Party completely ceases being the party of Lincoln and anti-slavery and becomes the party of big business.

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District Judge William Alsup, who on Feb, 28 issued a temporary restraining order requiring Trump to cease the wholesale firing of federal employees at six agencies and return the workers to their jobs.

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Immigrant workers fill crucial roles; they are “key ingredients” without which other jobs in the industry would cease to exist, he said.

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The British economist Charles Goodhart coined “Goodhart’s Law”: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

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Local officials are bracing for sweeping cuts to research and prevention efforts in the event of the CDC’s ceased involvement.

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