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ceased definition
ceased |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cease 3 senses of cease Sense 1 discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off => drop, knock off => leave off => sign off => retire, withdraw => pull the plug => shut off close off => cheese => break Sense 2 end finish, terminate, cease => pass away => lapse => cut out => go out => finish up end up wind up land up fetch up => die hard => adjourn, recess, break up => vanish, disappear => culminate, climax => run low run short, go => vanish, disappear, go away => close => turn out come out => discontinue => break Sense 3 end terminate, cease => halt => close out => conclude Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cease 3 senses of cease Sense 1 discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off => drop, knock off => nolle pros => leave off => sign off => retire, withdraw => pull the plug => shut off close off => cheese => break Sense 2 end finish, terminate, cease => pass away => lapse => cut out => go out => finish up end up wind up land up fetch up => die hard => adjourn, recess, break up => vanish, disappear => culminate, climax => crown, top => run low run short, go => vanish, disappear, go away => dematerialize, dematerialise => clear => bob under => close => turn out come out => eventuate => work out => discontinue => taper off peter out fizzle out fizzle => leave off => run out expire => terminate, stop => break Sense 3 end terminate, cease => halt => close out => conclude => find feel Entailment of verb cease Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb cease 3 senses of cease Sense 1 discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off Sense 2 end finish, terminate, cease Sense 3 end terminate, cease => change, alter Familiarity of verb cease cease used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cease Sense 1 discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off -------------- Sense 2 end finish, terminate, cease -------------- Sense 3 end terminate, cease => change, alter -------------- Grep of noun ceased deceased Overview of verb cease The verb cease has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (25) discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother") 2. (6) end finish, terminate, cease -- (have an end in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo") 3. (1) end terminate, cease -- (bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!") Grep of adj ceased deceased Overview of verb cease The verb cease has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (25) discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother") 2. (6) end finish, terminate, cease -- (have an end in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo") 3. (1) end terminate, cease -- (bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!")
ceased definition