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Noun [English]

IPA: /siːs/ Audio: en-us-cease.ogg
Rhymes: -iːs Etymology: From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|cesen}} Middle English cesen, {{der|en|frm|cesser||to cease}} Middle French cesser (“to cease”), {{der|en|la|cessō||leave off}} Latin cessō (“leave off”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} cease
  1. (obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease). Tags: obsolete
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Verb [English]

IPA: /siːs/ Audio: en-us-cease.ogg Forms: ceases [present, singular, third-person], ceasing [participle, present], ceased [participle, past], ceased [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], cease [infinitive]
Rhymes: -iːs Etymology: From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|cesen}} Middle English cesen, {{der|en|frm|cesser||to cease}} Middle French cesser (“to cease”), {{der|en|la|cessō||leave off}} Latin cessō (“leave off”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)
  1. (formal, intransitive) To stop. Tags: formal, intransitive Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: discontinue, hold, terminate, end, stop Translations (intransitive): ndal (Albanian), mé (gheg) (Albanian), спирам (spiram) (Bulgarian), преставам (prestavam) (Bulgarian), прекратявам (prekratjavam) (Bulgarian), cessar (Catalan), 停止 (tíngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), (tíng) (Chinese Mandarin), hedhi (Cornish), skončit (Czech), ophøre (Danish), ĉesi (Esperanto), loppua (Finnish), päättyä (Finnish), lakata (Finnish), cesser (French), s’arrêter (French), aufhören (German), 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (sweiban) (Gothic), abbamarad (Hungarian), megszűnik (Hungarian), cessare (Italian), arrestare (Italian), smettere (Italian), interrompere (Italian), 止む (yamu) (alt: やむ) (Japanese), 그치다 (geuchida) (Korean), 중지하다 (jungjihada) (Korean), престанува (prestanuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), престане (prestane) [perfective] (Macedonian), നിൽക്കുക (nilkkuka) (Malayalam), tāhaohao (note: of rain) (Maori), mutu (Maori), nanape (Maori), pārirā (note: of wind) (Maori), caua (Nahuatl), cacauantoc (Nahuatl), cêssi (Norman), júwa (Northern Ohlone), cessar (Occitan), متوقف شدن (Persian), zaprzestać (Polish), cessar (Portuguese), înceta (Romanian), conteni (Romanian), opri (Romanian), прекраща́ться (prekraščátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), прекрати́ться (prekratítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), prestať (Slovak), zastaviť sa (Slovak), cesar (Spanish), parar (Spanish), terminar (Spanish), upphöra (Swedish), hinto [literally] (Tagalog), ār- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-cease-en-verb-5MA5ipRp Disambiguation of Time: 27 60 13 0 Disambiguation of 'intransitive': 57 3 40
  2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something). Tags: formal, transitive Synonyms: arrest, discontinue, desist Translations (transitive): زَالَ (zāla) (Arabic), cessar (Catalan), 停止 (tíngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), hedhi (Cornish), přestat (Czech), ukončit (Czech), skončit (Czech), zastavit (Czech), ophøre (Danish), ophouden (Dutch), ĉesigi (Esperanto), lopettaa (Finnish), päättää (Finnish), lakata (Finnish), aufhören (German), einstellen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gananþjan) (Gothic), חדל (khadál) (Hebrew), abbahagy (Hungarian), befejez (Hungarian), beszüntet (Hungarian), cesar (Ido), hylätä (Ingrian), cessare (Italian), smettere di (Italian), 止める (alt: とめる, tomeru, やめる, yameru) (Japanese), 그치다 (geuchida) (Korean), നിർത്തുക (niṟttuka) (Malayalam), kāti (Maori), whakamutu (Maori), whakaoti (Maori), urantsi (Ngazidja Comorian), cêssi de (Norman), parar (Portuguese), întrerupe (Romanian), прекраща́ть (prekraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прекрати́ть (prekratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), перестава́ть (perestavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переста́ть (perestátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), leig seachad (Scottish Gaelic), prestať (Slovak), zastaviť (Slovak), dejar de (Spanish), kuacha (Swahili), upphöra med (Swedish), durmak (Turkish), durdurmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cease-en-verb-exs21Wmr Disambiguation of 'transitive': 19 72 9
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms: desert, lack
    Sense id: en-cease-en-verb-EH-kCGVM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cease and desist, cease-fire, ceaseless, ceaser, unceasable, unceased, unceasing, without cease, wonders never cease Related terms: cedecessationsecede

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} cease
  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cear Tags: first-person, form-of, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: cear
    Sense id: en-cease-gl-verb-5LnFgOEk Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cease and desist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cease-fire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ceaseless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ceaser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unceasable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unceased"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unceasing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "without cease"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wonders never cease"
    }
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cesser",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cease"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cesser (“to cease”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cessō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "leave off"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cessō (“leave off”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ceases",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceasing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceased",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceased",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glossary",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cease",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cedecessationsecede"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "27 60 13 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "en:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "text": "And with that, his twitching ceased.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop."
      ],
      "id": "en-cease-en-verb-5MA5ipRp",
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal, intransitive) To stop."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "discontinue"
        },
        {
          "word": "hold"
        },
        {
          "word": "terminate"
        },
        {
          "word": "end"
        },
        {
          "word": "stop"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "ndal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "mé (gheg)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spiram",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "спирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prestavam",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "преставам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prekratjavam",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "прекратявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cessar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tíngzhǐ",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "停止"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tíng",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "停"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "hedhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "skončit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "ophøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "ĉesi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "loppua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "päättyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "lakata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cesser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "s’arrêter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "aufhören"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "sweiban",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "abbamarad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "megszűnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cessare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "arrestare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "smettere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "interrompere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "alt": "やむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yamu",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "止む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geuchida",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "그치다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jungjihada",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "중지하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prestanuva",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "престанува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prestane",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "престане"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nilkkuka",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "നിൽക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of rain",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "tāhaohao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "mutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "nanape"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of wind",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "pārirā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "caua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cacauantoc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cêssi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "cst",
          "lang": "Northern Ohlone",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "júwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cessar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "متوقف شدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "zaprzestać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cessar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "înceta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "conteni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "opri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prekraščátʹsja",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прекраща́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prekratítʹsja",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прекрати́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "prestať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "zastaviť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "cesar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "parar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "terminar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "upphöra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "word": "hinto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 40",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "intransitive",
          "word": "ār-"
        }
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      "word": "cease and desist"
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      "word": "cease-fire"
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      "word": "unceasable"
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 15:11:",
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      "word": "ndal"
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "прекратявам"
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cessar"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "停止"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tíng",
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      "word": "hedhi"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "skončit"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "ophøre"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "ĉesi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "loppua"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "päättyä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "lakata"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cesser"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "s’arrêter"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "aufhören"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "sweiban",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "abbamarad"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "megszűnik"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cessare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "arrestare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "smettere"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "interrompere"
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      "alt": "やむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yamu",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "止む"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "geuchida",
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      "word": "престане"
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      "roman": "nilkkuka",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "നിൽക്കുക"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of rain",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "tāhaohao"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "mutu"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "nanape"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "pārirā"
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    {
      "code": "nah",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "caua"
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      "code": "nah",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cacauantoc"
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    {
      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cêssi"
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      "code": "cst",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "júwa"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cessar"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "متوقف شدن"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "zaprzestać"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cessar"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "înceta"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "conteni"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "opri"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prekraščátʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прекраща́ться"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekratítʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прекрати́ться"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "prestať"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "zastaviť sa"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "cesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "parar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "terminar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "word": "upphöra"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "intransitive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hinto"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "زَالَ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "cessar"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíngzhǐ",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "停止"
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "hedhi"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "přestat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "ukončit"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "skončit"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "zastavit"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "ophøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "ophouden"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "ĉesigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "lopettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "päättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "lakata"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "cesser de + infinitive",
      "sense": "transitive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "arrêter de + infinitive",
      "sense": "transitive"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "aufhören"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "einstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gananþjan",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khadál",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "חדל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "abbahagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "befejez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "beszüntet"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "cesar"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "cessare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "smettere di"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とめる, tomeru, やめる, yameru",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "止める"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geuchida",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "그치다"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "niṟttuka",
      "sense": "transitive",
      "word": "നിർത്തുക"
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      "word": "dejar de"
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      "sense": "transitive",
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      "word": "upphöra med"
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      "sense": "transitive",
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      "code": "tr",
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