cease

«cease» in Mova's school dictionary: To stop happening, or to stop doing something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (cease, ceases, ceased, ceasing)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) To stop happening, or to stop doing something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Formal word in rules, history and stories: "the rain ceased", "cease fire" (stop shooting). In maths: "the tap ceased dripping after 10 minutes" gives an end point. Phrases: cease to exist, never cease to amaze, ceasefire.

examples

• The rain finally ceased in the afternoon. tree →
• The factory ceased making toys. tree →
• Both armies agreed to a ceasefire. tree →
• You never cease to amaze me! tree →
• The noise ceased when the teacher walked in. tree →
• Dinosaurs ceased to exist long ago. tree →
• Iktomi ceased to beat his drum. tree →

note

Formal; everyday word is "stop". Said "seess". Do not confuse with "seize" (to grab) or "seas". "Ceaseless" means never stopping.

In the corpora

• I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;
• Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;
• Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
• All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'
• The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cease» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.