cease
pronunciation
How to pronounce cease in British English:
UK [siːs]
How to pronounce cease in American English:
US [siːs]
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- Noun:
- (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
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- Verb:
- put an end to a state or an activity
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Word Origin
- cease
- cease: [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus, the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō.=> cessation
- cease (v.)
- c. 1300, cesen, from Old French cesser "to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist," from Latin cessare "to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle," frequentative of cedere (past participle cessus) "go away, withdraw, yield" (see cede). Related: Ceased; ceasing. Old English in this sense had geswican, blinnan.
- cease (n.)
- "cessation, stopping," c. 1300, from cease (n.) or else from Old French cesse "cease, cessation," from cesser.
Synonym
Example
- 1. That would cause all cellular garbage disposal to cease .
- 2. Sit quietly for now and cease your relentless participation .
- 3. On september 25th , it will cease operating .
- 4. The response from the nbs was to cease publication of the series .
- 5. Progress on conga would cease if the study 's approval is revoked .