cease
verb/siːs/
/siːs/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they cease | /siːs/ /siːs/ |
| he / she / it ceases | /ˈsiːsɪz/ /ˈsiːsɪz/ |
| past simple ceased | /siːst/ /siːst/ |
| past participle ceased | /siːst/ /siːst/ |
| -ing form ceasing | /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ |
- to stop happening or existing; to stop something from happening or existing
- Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
- cease to do something You never cease to amaze me!
- cease something They voted to cease strike action immediately.
- He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting).
- cease doing something The company ceased trading in June.
Extra Examples- Building ceased with the outbreak of war.
- My job had effectively ceased to exist.
- It rained all day without ceasing.
- The bird's song ceased abruptly.
- The conversation had long ceased to interest me.
- The company has now ceased production of the toys.
- The factory will cease operations this autumn.
- The flow slowed, then ceased altogether.
- The noise faded, then ceased altogether.
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- with
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare ‘stop’, from cedere ‘to yield’.
Idioms
See cease in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cease in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishwonders will never cease
- (informal, usually ironic) a phrase used to express surprise and pleasure at something
- ‘I've cleaned my room.’ ‘Wonders will never cease!’
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