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- Dictionarycease/siːs/
verb
- 1. come or bring to an end: "the hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed" Similar Opposite
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to stop an action or condition: [ T ] Clapp had to cease publication because of lack of money. [ + to infinitive ] It was hard to accept that one day he would simply cease to exist. (Definition of cease from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cease. cease.
The meaning of CEASE is to cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue. How to use cease in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Cease.
Cease definition: to stop; discontinue. See examples of CEASE used in a sentence.
to end something or cause it to end. stop Stop pulling your brother's hair this instant! quit Quit poking your sister, will you? halt We halted the assembly line to check the equipment. discontinue The lab has discontinued this line of research due to ethical concerns.
To cease is to stop or end. Your gym teacher may have trained the class so well that all chattering will cease every time she blows her whistle. Cease comes from the Old French cesser, which means "come to an end," "go away," "give up," or "yield."
2 meanings: 1. to bring or come to an end; desist from; stop 2. → See without cease.... Click for more definitions.
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; ceasing: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.
