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{
"derived": [
{
"_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": "wonders never cease"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "cesen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cesen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cessen"
},
"expansion": "cessen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cēdō",
"3": "",
"4": "to leave off, go away"
},
"expansion": "cēdō (“to leave off, go away”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ceases",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ceasing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ceased",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ceased",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "cessation"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "40 50 11 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Time",
"orig": "en:Time",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"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"
}
],
"tags": [
"formal",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spiram",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "спирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestavam",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "преставам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekratjavam",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "прекратявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cessar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíngzhǐ",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "停止"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíng",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "停"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "hedhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "skončit"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "ophøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "ĉesi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "loppua"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "päättyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "lakata"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cesser"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "s’arrêter"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "aufhören"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sweiban",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "abbamarad"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "megszűnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cessare"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "arrestare"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "smettere"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "interrompere"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"alt": "やむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamu",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "止む"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geuchida",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "그치다"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jungjihada",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "중지하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prestanuva",
"sense": "intransitive",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "престанува"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prestane",
"sense": "intransitive",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "престане"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nilkkuka",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "നിൽക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of rain",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "tāhaohao"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "mutu"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "nanape"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of wind",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "pārirā"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "caua"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cacauantoc"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cêssi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "cst",
"lang": "Northern Ohlone",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "júwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cessar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "متوقف شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "zaprzestać"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cessar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "înceta"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "conteni"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "opri"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prekraščátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прекраща́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prekratítʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прекрати́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "prestať"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "zastaviť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "cesar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "parar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "terminar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "upphöra"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "intransitive",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "hinto"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 3 41",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "intransitive",
"word": "ār-"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "And with that, he ceased twitching.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop doing (something)."
],
"id": "en-cease-en-verb-exs21Wmr",
"raw_glosses": [
"(formal, transitive) To stop doing (something)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "arrest"
},
{
"word": "discontinue"
},
{
"word": "desist"
}
],
"tags": [
"formal",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zāla",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "زَالَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "cessar"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíngzhǐ",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "停止"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "hedhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "přestat"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "ukončit"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "skončit"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "zastavit"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "ophøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "ophouden"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "ĉesigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "lopettaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "päättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "lakata"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "cesser de + infinitive",
"sense": "transitive"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "arrêter de + infinitive",
"sense": "transitive"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "aufhören"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "einstellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gananþjan",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khadál",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "חדל"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "abbahagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "befejez"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "beszüntet"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "cesar"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "cessare"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "smettere di"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"alt": "とめる, tomeru, やめる, yameru",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "止める"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geuchida",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "그치다"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "niṟttuka",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "നിർത്തുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "kāti"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "whakamutu"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "whakaoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "urantsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "cêssi de"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "parar"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "întrerupe"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prekraščátʹ",
"sense": "transitive",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прекраща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prekratítʹ",
"sense": "transitive",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прекрати́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perestavátʹ",
"sense": "transitive",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "перестава́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perestátʹ",
"sense": "transitive",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "переста́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "leig seachad"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "prestať"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "zastaviť"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "dejar de"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "kuacha"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "upphöra med"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "durmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 66 14",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "transitive",
"word": "durdurmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish."
],
"id": "en-cease-en-verb-EH-kCGVM",
"links": [
[
"want",
"want"
],
[
"fail",
"fail"
],
[
"pass away",
"pass away"
],
[
"perish",
"perish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "desert"
},
{
"word": "lack"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/siːs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːs"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "cease"
}
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"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "cesen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cesen",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "cessen"
},
"expansion": "cessen",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
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"3": "cesser",
"4": "",
"5": "to cease"
},
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"name": "der"
},
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"5": "leave off"
},
"expansion": "Latin cessō (“leave off”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cēdō",
"3": "",
"4": "to leave off, go away"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"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”).",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"Cessation; extinction (see without cease)."
],
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"Cessation",
"cessation"
],
[
"extinction",
"extinction"
],
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],
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"(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease)."
],
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}
],
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"ipa": "/siːs/"
},
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"rhymes": "-iːs"
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"US"
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],
"word": "cease"
}
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