Definition of cease Cease

/siˈs/ - [sees] - cease

We found 11 definitions of cease from 6 different sources.

What does cease mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: ceases

cease - (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

ending, end the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"

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Wiktionary

cease (Verb)
To stop.
cease (Verb)
To stop doing something, blin.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

cease (v. i.)
To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
cease (v. i.)
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
cease (v. t.)
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
cease (n.)
Extinction.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

cease
To have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
cease
To put an end to a state or an activity.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

cease
sēs, v.i. to give over: to stop: to be at an end (with from).—v.t. to put an end to.—n. (Shak.) extinction.—adj. Cease′less, without ceasing: incessant.—adv. Cease′lessly.—n. Ceas′ing.—Without cease, continually. [Fr. cesser—L. cessāre, to give over—cedĕre, to yield, give up.]

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cease, verb, present, 1st person singular of cease (infinitive).
cease, verb (infinitive).
cease, noun, singular of ceases.

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