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What (who) is Cease - definition
cease
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Cease (disambiguation)
v.
1) (E) the old empire has ceased to exist
2) (rare) (G) we ceased pretending
cease
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Cease (disambiguation)
(ceases, ceasing, ceased)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. (FORMAL)
At one o'clock the rain had ceased.
= halt
VERB: V
2.
If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. (FORMAL)
He never ceases to amaze me...
A small number of firms have ceased trading.
VERB: V to-inf, V -ing
3.
If you cease something, you stop it happening or working. (FORMAL)
The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
= stop
VERB: V n
cease
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Cease (disambiguation)
¦ verb come or bring to an end; stop.
Phrases
without cease without stopping.
Origin
ME: from OFr. cesser, from L. cessare, from cedere 'to yield'.
Examples of use of Cease
1. Cease–fire, cease–Qassams, cease–assassiations, at least for now.
2. Closed door agreement "A cease–fire is a cease–fire.
3. They signed a cease–fire; but there is no cease–fire in Darfur.
4. "A cease–fire that by its terms cannot be implemented is no cease–fire," Mitri said.
5. A cease–fire that retains for one side the right not to cease firing is not a cease–fire,» Mitri said after the vote in New York.