cease

C0181800 (sēs)v. ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·es v.tr. To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See Synonyms at stop.v.intr.1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: "fold our wings, / And cease from wanderings" (Tennyson).n. Cessation; ceasing: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.

[Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop, frequentative of cēdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

cease

(siːs) vb (when: tr, may take a gerund or an infinitive as object) to bring or come to an end; desist from; stopnwithout cease without stopping; incessantly[C14: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, frequentative of cēdere to yield, cede]

cease

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v. ceased, ceas•ing,
n. v.i. 1. to stop; discontinue. 2. to come to an end. 3. Obs. to pass away; die out. v.t. 4. to put a stop or end to; halt: to cease hostilities. n. 5. cessation: The noise continued without cease. [1250–1300; Middle English ces(s)en < Old French cesser < Latin cessāre to hold back, desist, frequentative of cēdere to withdraw, cede]

cease

, cede - Cease and cede come from Latin cedere, "go away, withdraw."See also related terms for withdraw.

cease

Past participle: ceased
Gerund: ceasing

Imperative
cease
cease

Present
I cease
you cease
he/she/it ceases
we cease
you cease
they cease

Preterite
I ceased
you ceased
he/she/it ceased
we ceased
you ceased
they ceased

Present Continuous
I am ceasing
you are ceasing
he/she/it is ceasing
we are ceasing
you are ceasing
they are ceasing

Present Perfect
I have ceased
you have ceased
he/she/it has ceased
we have ceased
you have ceased
they have ceased

Past Continuous
I was ceasing
you were ceasing
he/she/it was ceasing
we were ceasing
you were ceasing
they were ceasing

Past Perfect
I had ceased
you had ceased
he/she/it had ceased
we had ceased
you had ceased
they had ceased

Future
I will cease
you will cease
he/she/it will cease
we will cease
you will cease
they will cease

Future Perfect
I will have ceased
you will have ceased
he/she/it will have ceased
we will have ceased
you will have ceased
they will have ceased

Future Continuous
I will be ceasing
you will be ceasing
he/she/it will be ceasing
we will be ceasing
you will be ceasing
they will be ceasing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ceasing
you have been ceasing
he/she/it has been ceasing
we have been ceasing
you have been ceasing
they have been ceasing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ceasing
you will have been ceasing
he/she/it will have been ceasing
we will have been ceasing
you will have been ceasing
they will have been ceasing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ceasing
you had been ceasing
he/she/it had been ceasing
we had been ceasing
you had been ceasing
they had been ceasing

Conditional
I would cease
you would cease
he/she/it would cease
we would cease
you would cease
they would cease

Past Conditional
I would have ceased
you would have ceased
he/she/it would have ceased
we would have ceased
you would have ceased
they would have ceased

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cease - (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') endend, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
Verb	1.	cease - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give upknock off, drop - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"leave off - stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stationsretire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending"close off, shut off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!"call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books"break - give up; "break cigarette smoking"
	2.	cease - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"end, terminate, finish, stoppass away - go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"cut out - cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"go out - become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"adjourn, recess, break up - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"disappear, vanish - cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"climax, culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"run out - become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"run low, run short, go - to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"disappear, vanish, go away - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"conclude, close - come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"come out, turn out - result or end; "How will the game turn out?"discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"break - come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"

cease

verb1. stop, end, finish, be over, come to an end, peter out, die away Almost miraculously, the noise ceased.
stop start, begin, continue, commence2. discontinue, end, stop, fail, finish, give up, conclude, suspend, halt, terminate, break off, refrain, leave off, give over (informal), bring to an end, desist, belay (Nautical) A small number of firms have ceased trading. discontinue start, begin, continue, initiate, commence

cease

verb1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation:arrest, belay, check, discontinue, halt, stall, stay, stop, surcease.Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to.2. To come to a cessation:arrest, belay, check, discontinue, halt, leave off, quit, stall, stop, surcease.Idiom: come to a halt.3. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship:break off, discontinue, interrupt, suspend, terminate.nounA concluding or terminating:cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up.

Translations

停止

cease

(siːs) verb to stop or (bring to an) end. They were ordered to cease firing; That department has ceased to exist; This foolishness must cease!; Cease this noise!停止ˈceaseless adjective continuous; never ceasing. ceaseless noise.不停的ˈceaselessly adverb不停地

cease

cease to be

To die, expire, or no longer exist. (Used without a qualifying verb, noun, or adjective; otherwise, the cessation merely refers to said verb, noun, or adjective—e.g., "cease to be entertained.") After the recession, many of the small businesses populating the mall simply ceased to be. Without her love, I feel that I would cease to be!See also: cease

cease and desist

To stop doing something. This phrase is typically associated with legal matters. We received a letter ordering us to cease and desist due to copyright infringement, so we had to halt production.See also: and, cease, desist

wonders (will) never cease

This was not at all expected; how shocking. Said especially of that which is pleasantly surprising, though the phrase is often used humorously, ironically, or sarcastically. The famously defiant and aggressive leader today announced that he wanted to form a close alliance and kinship with his neighbors to the south. Wonders never cease, it seems. Jake actually volunteered to do the dishes after dinner? Wonders will never cease!See also: cease, never, wonder

cease and desist

to completely stop doing something. (A legal phrase.) The judge ordered the merchant to cease and desist the deceptive practices. When they were ordered to cease and desist, they finally stopped.See also: and, cease, desist

Wonders never cease!

and Will wonders never Cease!Prov. What an amazing thing has happened! (Said when something very surprising happens. Somewhat ironic; can imply that the surprising thing should have happened before, but did not.) Fred: Hi, honey. I cleaned the kitchen for you. Ellen: Wonders never cease! Jill: Did you hear? The company is allowing us to take a holiday tomorrow. Jane: Wonders never cease! Not only was my plane on time, the airline also delivered my luggage safely. Will wonders never cease?See also: never, Wonder

cease and desist

Stop, leave off doing something, as in: "Bliss excavated at least once on his own and Dr. Brand ... told him to cease and desist" (Douglas Preston quoting Frank Hibben, The New Yorker, June 12, 1995). This legal term is a redundancy, since cease and desist mean virtually the same thing, but often appears in legal documents to avoid possible misinterpretation. [c. 1920] See also: and, cease, desist

wonders will never cease

What a surprise, as in He's on time-wonders will never cease. This expression is generally used ironically. [Late 1700s] See also: cease, never, will, wonder

ˌwonders will ˌnever ˈcease

(spoken, usually ironic) used to express surprise and pleasure at something: ‘The train was on time today.’ ‘Wonders will never cease (= I am surprised, because usually it is late).’See also: cease, never, will, wonder

wonders will never cease

That is really surprising. This expression, today usually put ironically and nearly always a response to a statement about something the speaker thinks is unusual, dates from the late eighteenth century. Anthony Price used it in Other Paths to Glory (1974): “Wonders will never cease . . . Early Tudor, practically untouched.” This saying has become so familiar that Ed McBain could abbreviate it: “Would wonders never?” (Hark! 2004).See also: cease, never, will, wonder

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CEASE

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verb stop

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verb discontinue

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verb to prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation

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verb to come to a cessation

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verb to stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship

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noun a concluding or terminating

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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

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verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

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