"ceaseless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiːsləs/ Audio: en-us-ceaseless.ogg [US]
Etymology: 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), 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 22 78

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      "sense": "without an end",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "without an end",
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