Definition of cease
ceased
;ceasing
transitive verb
: to cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue they were forced to cease operations cease to exist
intransitive verb
1a : to come to an end the fighting gradually ceasedb : to bring an activity or action to an end : discontinue they have been ordered to cease and desist
2 obsolete : to become extinct : die out
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Examples of cease in a Sentence
The fighting along the border has temporarily ceased.
The factory ceased operations last year.
The child would not cease his constant whining.
Recent Examples of cease from the Web
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Silverstone's owners -- the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) -- last week announced its intentions to cease hosting the British Grand Prix after 2019, citing that race was not financially viable under the current terms of the deal.
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Hopefully if more people speak out about their choices, the stigma surrounding plastic surgery will cease to be.
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Along with ceasing production of the designs, both sisters released a statement apologizing for the collection.
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Northwest would cease to operate as a high school after the 2017-18 school year and reopen as a middle school in the fall of 2018.
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A woman isn’t in menopause until her periods have ceased for at least a year.
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The airport property was given to the county by the federal government in the 1950s with the stipulation that permission was required from the FAA if the land should ever cease to be used for aviation purposes, according to Bell.
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Previous attorney generals, including Eric Holder and Sally Yates, ordered prosecutors to avoid charges that exacerbated the mass prison industrial complex and to cease using private prisons to house federal prisoners.
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Alaska ceased operations after failing to make the playoffs.
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Origin and Etymology of cease
Middle English cesen, from Anglo-French cesser, from Latin cessare to hold back, be remiss, frequentative of cedere
Synonym Discussion of cease
cease
Definition of cease
: cessation —usually used with without I kept an eye upon her without cease — R. L. Stevenson
Examples of cease in a Sentence
worked without cease for the betterment of humanity
Recent Examples of cease from the Web
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Peskov on Thursday said Putin would raise Russia's concerns that Ukraine is violating the Minsk peace accords, which call for a cease-fire in the three-year-old war with pro-Russian separatists.
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The whole thing started in December, when Gucci sent Forever 21 the first in a series of cease-and-desist letters, demanding that F21 stop selling any items with a blue-red-blue, or green-red-green stripe pattern.
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The next day, the city sent a cease and desist order to 84 Outdoor, saying that any alterations to the building, including signage, must be approved by the Birmingham Design Review Committee.
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Leet, R-7th, hired private security for her office after receiving Johnson's cease-and-desist letter.
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The government’s strategy has been to negotiate without a cease-fire, and the ELN has been ratcheting up attacks.
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Leaders hoped the cease-fire might stick — that the send-off for The Champ would mark a turning point, a city-wide reckoning with its failure to live up to Ali’s legacy of respect for all human life.
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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker demanded the violence at the house cease, while residents shouted profanities at Baker as Kansas City police officers stood guard nearby, Glenn Rice reports.
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A committee of prominent white Cincinnatians, among them Judge Jacob Burnet and Nicholas Longworth, demanded that the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society cease publication of the Philanthropist, but the abolitionists held firm.
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Origin and Etymology of cease
see 1cease
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playDefinition of cease for English Language Learners
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: to stop happening : to end
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: to stop doing (something)
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