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Detailed Synonyms for cease in English

cease:

to cease verbe (ceases, ceased, ceasing)

  1. to cease
    to cease; to abandon; to stop; to give up
    • cease verbe (ceases, ceased, ceasing)
    • abandon verbe (abandons, abandoned, abandoning)
    • stop verbe (stops, stopped, stopping)
    • give up verbe (gives up, gave up, giving up)
  2. to cease
    to cease; desist from
  3. to cease
    to weaken; to cease; to come down; be going down hill; to fall away; to be lost
  4. to cease
    – have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 1
    to cease; to terminate; to end; to finish; to stop
    – have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 1
    • cease verbe (ceases, ceased, ceasing)
    • terminate verbe (terminates, terminated, terminating)
      • the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed1
    • end verbe (ends, ended, ending)
      • My property ends by the bushes1
      • The symphony ends in a pianissimo1
    • finish verbe (finishes, finished, finishing)
    • stop verbe (stops, stopped, stopping)
      • Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other1
  5. to cease
    – put an end to a state or an activity 1
    to cease; to quit; to stop; to lay off; to give up; discontinue
    – put an end to a state or an activity 1
    • cease verbe (ceases, ceased, ceasing)
    • quit verbe (quits, quit, quiting)
    • stop verbe (stops, stopped, stopping)
    • lay off verbe (lays off, laid off, laying off)
    • give up verbe (gives up, gave up, giving up)
    • discontinue verbe

Conjugations for cease:

present
  1. cease
  2. cease
  3. ceases
  4. cease
  5. cease
  6. cease
simple past
  1. ceased
  2. ceased
  3. ceased
  4. ceased
  5. ceased
  6. ceased
present perfect
  1. have ceased
  2. have ceased
  3. has ceased
  4. have ceased
  5. have ceased
  6. have ceased
past continuous
  1. was ceasing
  2. were ceasing
  3. was ceasing
  4. were ceasing
  5. were ceasing
  6. were ceasing
future
  1. shall cease
  2. will cease
  3. will cease
  4. shall cease
  5. will cease
  6. will cease
continuous present
  1. am ceasing
  2. are ceasing
  3. is ceasing
  4. are ceasing
  5. are ceasing
  6. are ceasing
subjunctive
  1. be ceased
  2. be ceased
  3. be ceased
  4. be ceased
  5. be ceased
  6. be ceased
diverse
  1. cease!
  2. let's cease!
  3. ceased
  4. ceasing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

cease [the ~] nom

  1. the cease
    the cease; the quitting; the knock off; the stopping
  2. the cease
    – (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end 1
    the cease
    – (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end 1

cease

  1. cease

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Related Definitions for "cease":

  1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end1
  2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical1
  3. put an end to a state or an activity1

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