"cessation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛˈseɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cessation.wav Forms: cessations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cessātiō. By surface analysis, cease + -ation. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|cessation}} Middle French cessation, {{der|en|la|cessātiō}} Latin cessātiō, {{surf|en|cease|-ation}} By surface analysis, cease + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)
  1. (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final. Tags: countable, formal, uncountable Synonyms: moratorium, recess, pause, endpoint, terminus, finish Synonyms (final): close Synonyms (temporary): hiatus Derived forms: cessationism, cessationist, postcessation Related terms: cession Translations (a ceasing or discontinuance): وَقْف (waqf) [masculine] (Arabic), спыне́нне (spynjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), прекратя́ване (prekratjávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), спи́ране (spírane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), прекраще́ние (prekrašténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 停止 (tíngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 中止 (zhōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), zastavení [neuter] (Czech), beëindiging (Dutch), lakkaaminen (Finnish), lopettaminen (Finnish), cessation [feminine] (French), Unterbrechung [feminine] (German), Einstellung [feminine] (German), κατάπαυση (katápafsi) [feminine] (Greek), αναστολή (anastolí) [feminine] (Greek), διακοπή (diakopí) [feminine] (Greek), faill [feminine] (Irish), cessazione [feminine] (Italian), 停止 (teishi) (alt: ていし) (Japanese), 中止 (chūshi) (alt: ちゅうし) (Japanese), 정지 (jeongji) (alt: 停止) (Korean), 중지 (jungji) (alt: 中止) (Korean), престанок (prestanok) [masculine] (Macedonian), pārirātanga (Maori), zaprzestanie [neuter] (Polish), прекраще́ние (prekraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), {{t+|1=sa|2=उपरम|3=m}} (Sanskrit), прѐстанак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prèstanak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zastavenie [neuter] (Slovak), prenehanje [neuter] (Slovene), ustavitev [feminine] (Slovene), cese [masculine] (Spanish), ముగింపు (mugimpu) (Telugu), āralñe (Tocharian B), припи́нення (prypýnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "temporary",
      "word": "hiatus"
    },
    {
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "word": "recess"
    },
    {
      "word": "pause"
    },
    {
      "sense": "final",
      "word": "close"
    },
    {
      "word": "endpoint"
    },
    {
      "word": "terminus"
    },
    {
      "word": "finish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waqf",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وَقْف"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spynjénnje",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "спыне́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekratjávane",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прекратя́ване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spírane",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "спи́ране"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekrašténie",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прекраще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíngzhǐ",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "停止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "中止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zastavení"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "beëindiging"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "lakkaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "lopettaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cessation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterbrechung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einstellung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katápafsi",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κατάπαυση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anastolí",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναστολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakopí",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διακοπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katápafsi",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κατάπαυση"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faill"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cessazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teishi",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "停止"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūshi",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "中止"
    },
    {
      "alt": "停止",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongji",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "정지"
    },
    {
      "alt": "中止",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jungji",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "중지"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prestanok",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "престанок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "pārirātanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zaprzestanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekraščénije",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прекраще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "{{t+|1=sa|2=उपरम|3=m}}"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прѐстанак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prèstanak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zastavenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prenehanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ustavitev"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cese"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mugimpu",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "ముగింపు"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "word": "āralñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prypýnennja",
      "sense": "a ceasing or discontinuance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "припи́нення"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cessation"
}

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