Cease

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Synonyms for "cease" (226 found)

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Related words (113)

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More general

5 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

9 entries

has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

107 translations across 42 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • mé (gheg) verb (intransitive)
  • ndal verb (intransitive)

Arabic

1 entries
  • زَالَ verb (transitive)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • прекратявам verb (intransitive)
  • преставам verb (intransitive)
  • спирам verb (intransitive)

Catalan

3 entries
  • aturar verb (transitive)
  • cessar verb (intransitive)
  • cessar verb (transitive)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 停 verb (intransitive)
  • 停止 verb (intransitive)
  • 停止 verb (transitive)

Cornish

2 entries
  • hedhi verb (intransitive)
  • hedhi verb (transitive)

Czech

4 entries
  • přestat verb (transitive)
  • skončit verb (intransitive)
  • skončit verb (transitive)
  • ukončit verb (transitive)

Danish

2 entries
  • ophøre verb (intransitive)
  • ophøre verb (transitive)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ophouden verb (transitive)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ĉesi verb (intransitive)
  • ĉesigi verb (transitive)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lakata verb (intransitive)
  • lakata verb (transitive)
  • lopettaa verb (transitive)
  • loppua verb (intransitive)

French

2 entries
  • cesser verb (intransitive)
  • s'arrêter verb (intransitive)

German

3 entries
  • aufhören verb (intransitive)
  • aufhören verb (transitive)
  • einstellen verb (transitive)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (transitive)
  • 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (intransitive)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חדל verb (transitive)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • abbahagy verb (transitive)
  • abbamarad verb (intransitive)
  • befejez verb (transitive)
  • beszüntet verb (transitive)

Ido

1 entries
  • cesar verb (transitive)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • hylätä verb (transitive)

Italian

4 entries
  • arrestare verb (intransitive)
  • cessare verb (intransitive)
  • cessare verb (transitive)
  • interrompere verb (intransitive)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 止む verb (intransitive)
  • 止める verb (transitive)

Korean

3 entries
  • 그치다 verb (intransitive)
  • 그치다 verb (transitive)
  • 중지하다 verb (intransitive)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • престане verb (intransitive)
  • престанува verb (intransitive)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • നിർത്തുക verb (transitive)
  • നിൽക്കുക verb (intransitive)

Māori

4 entries
  • kāti verb (transitive)
  • mutu verb (intransitive)
  • nanape verb (intransitive)
  • pārirā verb (intransitive)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • cacauantoc verb (intransitive)
  • caua verb (intransitive)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • urantsi verb (transitive)

Norman

2 entries
  • cêssi verb (intransitive)
  • cêssi de verb (transitive)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • júwa verb (intransitive)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cessar verb (intransitive)

Persian

1 entries
  • متوقف شدن verb (intransitive)

Polish

1 entries
  • zaprzestać verb (intransitive)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cessar verb (intransitive)
  • parar verb (transitive)

Romanian

4 entries
  • conteni verb (intransitive)
  • opri verb (intransitive)
  • înceta verb (intransitive)
  • întrerupe verb (transitive)

Russian

4 entries
  • переста́ть verb (transitive)
  • перестава́ть verb (transitive)
  • прекрати́ть verb (transitive)
  • прекрати́ться verb (intransitive)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • leig seachad verb (transitive)

Slovak

4 entries
  • prestať verb (intransitive)
  • prestať verb (transitive)
  • zastaviť verb (transitive)
  • zastaviť sa verb (intransitive)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cesar verb (intransitive)
  • cesar de verb (transitive)
  • dejar de verb (transitive)
  • parar verb (intransitive)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kuacha verb (transitive)

Swedish

2 entries
  • upphöra verb (intransitive)
  • upphöra med verb (transitive)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hinto verb (intransitive)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ār verb (intransitive)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bitmek verb (intransitive)
  • durdurmak verb (transitive)
  • durmak verb (intransitive)
  • durmak verb (transitive)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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You will soon cease to think of her.

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Spread the table, and contention will cease.

Source: tatoeba (39586)

The factory will cease operations next month.

Source: tatoeba (47997)

Its mechanism will cease to work.

Source: tatoeba (48804)

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