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ceased
Overview of verb cease
The verb cease has 2 senses (first 2 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, stop, finish, terminate, cease -- (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo")
Grep of noun ceased
deceased
Antonyms of verb cease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cease
2 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
=> call it quits, call it a day
=> break
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
=> 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
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
'Cause To' of verb cease
Derived Forms of verb cease
1 of 2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
RELATED TO>(noun) cessation#1
=> cessation, surcease
RELATED TO>(noun) cease#1
=> cease
Domain of verb cease
Domain Terms of verb cease
Familiarity of verb cease
cease used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
EX: They cease moving
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cease
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
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Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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Grep of verb cease
cease
decease
predecease
Grep of adj ceased
deceased
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