halt
/hɔːlt/
US pronunciation
American sound/hɔːlt/
halt
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US voice -> halt
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရပ်နားခြင်း။ (vi,vt) ရပ်နားသည်။ဇဝေဇဝါဖြစ်သည်။
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၁။ (က) [sing] ရပ်ခြင်း။ တန့်ခြင်း။ Work was brought/came to a halt when the machine broke down. ❍ The car skidded to a halt. (ခ) [C] ရပ်တန့်ခြင်း၊ ရပ်နားခြင်း။
၂။ [C] (Brit ) ရထားဘူတာရုံမရှိသော နေရာများ၌ ရထားရပ်ရာ နေရာ။
v ရပ်တန့်သည်။ ရပ်နားသည်။ ရပ်တန့်စေသည်။ ရပ်နားစေသည်။ A cry rang out: ‘Halt!’ ❍ The troops were halted for a rest. ❍ Production was halted by strikes.
More examples
- [halt to] : He has appealed for a halt to the fighting.
- [halt in] : An unforeseen halt in road construction
- [bring something to a halt] : Traffic was brought to a halt by the demonstration.
- [come/draw to a halt] : The taxi came to a halt outside his front door.
- [skid/screech/shudder etc to a halt] : The bus rocked and skidded to a halt.
Synonyms
stop the progress of, stop, bring to an end, bring to a close, arrest, cut short, close down, bring to a standstill, freeze, immobilize, adjourn, balk, bar, be defective, block, blow the whistle on, break, break off, break-off, bring to standstill, call it a day, cease, cease fire, cessation, check, close, come to a close, come to a standstill, come to an end, cool it, crippled, curb, cutoff, desist, deter, dither, draw up, drop anchor, end, falter, finish, frustrate, gimp, gimpy, grinding halt, halter, hamper, hesitate, hobble, hold at bay, hold back, housebound, impasse, impede, intermit, interrupt, interruption, lame, layoff, letup, limp, obstruct, pause, pull up, punctuate, put a cork in, rest, screaming halt, screeching halt, shilly-shally, sidelined, stagger, stall, stammer, stand, stand still, standstill, stay, stem, stoppage, stumble, stutter, suspend, terminate, termination, vacillate, wait, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle
Antonyms
advance, aid, allow, assist, begin, beginning, carry on, carry out, commence, continuation, continue, do, encourage, endurance, forge, forward, further, go, help, initiate, keep on, let go, open, permit, perseverence, persist, promote, push, remain, restart, speak smoothly, start, stay, stimulate, support, urge
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