"ceaseless" meaning in English

See ceaseless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiːsləs/ Audio: en-us-ceaseless.ogg
Etymology: From cease + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cease|less}} cease + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ceaseless (not comparable)
  1. Without an end. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without an end): ἄπαυστος (ápaustos) (Ancient Greek), ἀδιάλειπτος (adiáleiptos) (Ancient Greek), безспирен (bezspiren) (Bulgarian), непрестанен (neprestanen) (Bulgarian), senĉesa (Esperanto), incessant [masculine] (French), endlos (German), ανειρήνευτος (aneiríneftos) (Greek), ακατάπαυστος (akatápafstos) (Greek), ατελείωτος (ateleíotos) (Greek), ατέλειωτος (atéleiotos) (Greek), incessante (Italian), balabalaus (Kapampangan), balabalawus (Kapampangan), iūgis (Latin), നിലയ്ക്കാത്ത (nilaykkātta) (Malayalam), bezustanny (Polish), neîncetat (Romanian), neustály (Slovak), walang-likat (Tagalog), sonsuz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ceaseless-en-adj-D8rFHhjf Disambiguation of 'without an end': 84 16
  2. Without stop or pause, incessant. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ceaseless-en-adj-DpLMq7gt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Kapampangan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ceaselessly, ceaselessness
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