cease
/siːs/
US pronunciation
American sound/siːs/
cease
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> cease
Myanmar meaning
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ရပ်စဲသည်။
Hostilities (ie Fighting) between the two sides ceased at midnight. ❍ That department has ceased to exist. ❍ The officer ordered his men to cease fire (ie stop shooting). ❍ The factory has ceased making bicycles.
❏ cease-fire n
(ညှိနှိုင်းဆွေးနွေးစဉ်) အပစ်အခတ်ရပ်စဲခြင်း။ negotiate/order/establish a cease-fire.
❏ ceaseless adj ရပ်စဲခြင်းမရှိသော။ မရပ်နားသော။ His ceaseless chatter began to annoy me. ceaselessly adv
More examples
- Conversation ceased when she entered the room.
- The rain had almost ceased by the time we left.
- [cease to exist] : If we don’t get more money, community theatre will cease to exist here.
- The government has ceased all contact with the rebels.
- [cease doing/to do something] : In 1981 he ceased being a player and moved into management.
- I had ceased to care what happened to her.
Synonyms
stop, finish, end, come to an end, come to a close, die away, die down, close down, conclude, terminate, back off, ballgame, blank wall, break off, break-off, breakoff, brick wall, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, cessation, close, close out, closing, closure, conclusion, culminate, cut it out, cutoff, desist, desistance, die, discontinuance, discontinue, drop, end line, end of the road, expiry, fail, finis, give over, grinding halt, halt, intermit, kiss off, kiss-off, knock off, last stage, leave off, let-up, omega, pack in, quit, quit cold turkey, refrain, screaming halt, screeching halt, shut down, sign off, sign-off, stay, stopping point, surcease, termination, terminus, time out, timeout, wind up, wind-up, winding-up, windup, wrap-up
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