cease
verb /siːs/
/siːs/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they cease | /siːs/ /siːs/ |
| he / she / it ceases | /ˈsiːsɪz/ /ˈsiːsɪz/ |
| past simple ceased | /siːst/ /siːst/ |
| past participle ceased | /siːst/ /siːst/ |
| -ing form ceasing | /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ /ˈsiːsɪŋ/ |
- to stop happening or existing; to stop something from happening or existing
- Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.
- cease to do something You never cease to amaze me!
- cease something They voted to cease strike action immediately.
- He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting).
- cease doing something The company ceased trading in June.
Extra Examples- Building ceased with the outbreak of war.
- My job had effectively ceased to exist.
- Prayer was made without ceasing.
- The bird's song ceased abruptly.
- The conversation had long ceased to interest me.
- The factory has now ceased production of the toys.
- The factory will cease operations this autumn.
- The flow slowed, then ceased altogether.
- The noise faded, then ceased altogether.
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- with
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare ‘stop’, from cedere ‘to yield’.
Idioms
wonders will never cease
- (informal, usually ironic) a phrase used to express surprise and pleasure at something
- ‘I've cleaned my room.’ ‘Wonders will never cease!’