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| NOUN | 1 | cease | (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end |
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| VERB | 1 | cease, discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off | Put an end to a state or an activity |
| 2 | cease, end, stop, finish, terminate | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Sounds | siy's |
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| Rhymes | altarpiece, apiece, caprice, and 34 more rhymes in iys... |
| Meaning | (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end. |
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| Broader | end, ending |
| Verbs | cease |
| Meaning | Put an end to a state or an activity. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Model | They cease moving |
| Synonyms | discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off |
| Contrary | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve |
| Narrower | drop, knock off; leave off; sign off; retire, withdraw; pull the plug; shut off, close off; cheese; call it quits, call it a day; break |
| Nouns | cessation; cease |
| Meaning | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense. Either spatial or metaphorical. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | end, stop, finish, terminate |
| Contrary | begin, start |
| Caused by | end, terminate |
| Narrower | pass away; lapse; cut out; go out; adjourn, recess, break up; vanish, disappear; culminate, climax; run out; run low, run short, go; vanish, disappear, go away; conclude, close; turn out, come out; discontinue; break |
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