"halt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /hɒlt/ [UK], /hɔːlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɔlt/ [US], /hɑlt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-halt.wav [UK] Forms: more halt [comparative], most halt [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒlt Etymology: From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|halt}} Middle English halt, {{inh|en|ang|healt}} Old English healt, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*haltaz|t=halt, lame}} Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kol-d-}} Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kel-|t=to beat, strike, cut, slash}} Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”), {{cog|da|halt}} Danish halt, {{cog|sv|halt}} Swedish halt Head templates: {{en-adj}} halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt)
  1. (archaic) Lame, limping. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-halt-en-adj-R7ULDfW5 Disambiguation of Gaits: 15 7 4 12 17 13 7 2 14 2 1 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /hɒlt/ [UK], /hɔːlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɔlt/ [US], /hɑlt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-halt.wav [UK] Forms: halts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlt Etymology: From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|halt}} Middle French halt, {{der|en|de|halt||stop!}} German halt (“stop!”), {{m|de|halten||to hold, to stop}} halten (“to hold, to stop”), {{m|en|hold}} hold Head templates: {{en-noun}} halt (plural halts)
  1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent. Synonyms (cessation: permanent): close Synonyms (cessation: temporary): hiatus Translations (cessation): դադար (dadar) (Armenian), спиране (spirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), halto (Esperanto), pysähtyminen (Finnish), pysähdys (english: temporary) (Finnish), loppu (Finnish), lopettaminen (english: permanent) (Finnish), Halt [masculine] (German), Blockierung [feminine] (German), Pause (German), запи́рање (zapíranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), за́стој (zástoj) [masculine] (Macedonian), oprire [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-halt-en-noun-JgY6lVZh Disambiguation of 'cessation: permanent': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'cessation: temporary': 88 12 Disambiguation of 'cessation': 90 10
  2. (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (minor railway station): կիսակայարան (kisakayaran) (Armenian), geraleku (Basque), спирка (spirka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), baixador [masculine] (Catalan), peu [masculine] (Catalan), halte [feminine] (Dutch), trajnhaltejo (Esperanto), seisake (Finnish), halte [feminine] (French), apeadoiro [masculine] (Galician), apeadeiro [masculine] (Galician), Halteplatz [masculine] (German), Haltestelle [feminine] (German), megállóhely (Hungarian), по́стојка (póstojka) [feminine] (Macedonian), apeadeiro (Portuguese), haltă [feminine] (Romanian), полустанок (polustanok) [masculine] (Russian), apeadero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-halt-en-noun-zR1NLzFH Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'minor railway station': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moratorium, recess, pause, endpoint, terminus, finish Derived forms: call a halt, grind to a halt, half-halt
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /hɒlt/ [UK], /hɔːlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɔlt/ [US], /hɑlt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-halt.wav [UK] Forms: halts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlt Etymology: From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|halt}} Middle English halt, {{inh|en|ang|healt}} Old English healt, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*haltaz|t=halt, lame}} Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kol-d-}} Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kel-|t=to beat, strike, cut, slash}} Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”), {{cog|da|halt}} Danish halt, {{cog|sv|halt}} Swedish halt Head templates: {{en-noun}} halt (plural halts)
  1. (dated) Lameness; a limp. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-halt-en-noun-gWniiNfg Disambiguation of Gaits: 15 7 4 12 17 13 7 2 14 2 1 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /hɒlt/ [UK], /hɔːlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɔlt/ [US], /hɑlt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-halt.wav [UK] Forms: halts [present, singular, third-person], halting [participle, present], halted [participle, past], halted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlt Etymology: From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-Germanic *haltōną. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|halten}} Middle English halten, {{inh|en|ang|healtian||to be lame, walk with a limp}} Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*haltōną}} Proto-Germanic *haltōną, {{cog|frr|halte}} North Frisian halte, {{cog|sv|halta}} Swedish halta Head templates: {{en-verb}} halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
  1. (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-9sanTRuQ Disambiguation of Gaits: 15 7 4 12 17 13 7 2 14 2 1 2 4
  2. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-Yek10zpq Disambiguation of Gaits: 15 7 4 12 17 13 7 2 14 2 1 2 4
  3. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-Jcb-drIm
  4. To waver.
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-yPwL9KBv
  5. To falter. Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-AOhBDox~ Disambiguation of Gaits: 15 7 4 12 17 13 7 2 14 2 1 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /hɒlt/ [UK], /hɔːlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɔlt/ [US], /hɑlt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-halt.wav [UK] Forms: halts [present, singular, third-person], halting [participle, present], halted [participle, past], halted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlt Etymology: From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|halt}} Middle French halt, {{der|en|de|halt||stop!}} German halt (“stop!”), {{m|de|halten||to hold, to stop}} halten (“to hold, to stop”), {{m|en|hold}} hold Head templates: {{en-verb}} halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
  1. (intransitive) To stop marching. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-aIirJsUl
  2. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently. Tags: intransitive Translations (to stop either temporarily or permanently): отлагам (otlagam) (Bulgarian), прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) (Bulgarian), слагам на трупчета (slagam na trupčeta) (Bulgarian), спирам (spiram) (Bulgarian), hedhi (Cornish), skrinlægge (Danish), halti (Esperanto), hyllyttää (Finnish), pysähtyä (Finnish), seisahtua (Finnish), faire halte (French), suspendre (French), anhalten (German), stoppen (German), rasten (German), tarraing suas (Irish), accantonare (Italian), fermare (Italian), riporre (Italian), 休止する (kyūshisuru) (Japanese), 停止する (teishisuru) (Japanese), subsisto (Latin), за́пира (zápira) [imperfective] (Macedonian), за́пре (zápre) [perfective] (Macedonian), നിർത്തുക (niṟttuka) (Malayalam), urutū (Maori), bremse (Norwegian), stoppe (Norwegian), henlegge (Norwegian Bokmål), skrinlegge (Norwegian Bokmål), odkładać na półkę (Polish), estagnar (Portuguese), sayay (Quechua), opri (Romanian), класть на полку (klastʹ na polku) (Russian), встать (note: about someone) (alt: как вко́панный) [perfective] (Russian), замереть (zameretʹ) [perfective] (Russian), замирать (zamiratʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), cajonear (Spanish), dar carpetazo (Spanish), engavetar (Spanish), parar (Spanish), skrinlägga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-xp-XRWlX Disambiguation of 'to stop either temporarily or permanently': 5 91 3 1
  3. (transitive) To bring to a stop. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-sjE3YHtc
  4. (transitive) To cause to discontinue. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to cause something to stop): freeze Synonyms (to cause to discontinue): break off Translations (to cause something to stop): спирам (spiram) (Bulgarian), haltigi (Esperanto), pysäyttää (Finnish), seisauttaa (Finnish), anhalten (German), stoppen (German), stocken (German), piättää (Ingrian), asettaa (Ingrian), seisottaa (Ingrian), tarraing suas (Irish), fermare (Italian), 押し止める (oshitodomeru) (Japanese), さまたげる (samatageru) (Japanese), за́пира (zápira) [imperfective] (Macedonian), за́пре (zápre) [perfective] (Macedonian), നിർത്തുക (niṟttuka) (Malayalam), urutū (Maori), stoppe (Norwegian), sayay (Quechua), opri (Romanian), остана́вливать (ostanávlivatʹ) [neuter] (Russian), parar (Spanish), stoppa (Swedish) Translations (to waver or be hesitant): колебая се (kolebaja se) (Bulgarian), anhalten (German), stoppen (German), stocken (German), zögern (German), ためらう (tamerau) (Japanese), се дво́уми (se dvóumi) (Macedonian), nøle (Norwegian), avvente (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-halt-en-verb-ApZWv1wv Disambiguation of 'to cause something to stop': 5 3 4 89 Disambiguation of 'to cause to discontinue': 2 1 2 96 Disambiguation of 'to cause something to stop': 5 3 4 89 Disambiguation of 'to waver or be hesitant': 26 8 27 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: desist, stay, immobilize, terminate, shut down, stop Synonyms (to stop): brake
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'to stop': 32 28 27 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
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          "word": "skrinlægge"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "pysähtyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "seisahtua"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "faire halte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "suspendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "anhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "stoppen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "rasten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "tarraing suas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "accantonare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "fermare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "riporre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyūshisuru",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "休止する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teishisuru",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "停止する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "subsisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zápira",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "за́пира"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zápre",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "за́пре"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "niṟttuka",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "നിർത്തുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "urutū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "bremse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "stoppe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "henlegge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "skrinlegge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "odkładać na półkę"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "estagnar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "sayay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "opri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "klastʹ na polku",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "класть на полку"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "alt": "как вко́панный",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "about someone",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "встать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zameretʹ",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "замереть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamiratʹ",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "замирать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "cajonear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "dar carpetazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "engavetar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "parar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 91 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
          "word": "skrinlägga"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "To bring to a stop."
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        "(transitive) To bring to a stop."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To cause to discontinue."
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        "(transitive) To cause to discontinue."
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          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
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          "word": "freeze"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 2 96",
          "sense": "to cause to discontinue",
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        }
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        "transitive"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spiram",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "спирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "haltigi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "pysäyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "seisauttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "anhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "stoppen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "stocken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "piättää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "asettaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "seisottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "tarraing suas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "fermare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oshitodomeru",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "押し止める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "samatageru",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "さまたげる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zápira",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "за́пира"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zápre",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "за́пре"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "niṟttuka",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "നിർത്തുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "urutū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "stoppe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "sayay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "opri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ostanávlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "остана́вливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "parar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 4 89",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cause something to stop",
          "word": "stoppa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kolebaja se",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "колебая се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "anhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "stoppen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "stocken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "zögern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tamerau",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "ためらう"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se dvóumi",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "се дво́уми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "nøle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 8 27 39",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
          "word": "avvente"
        }
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      "ipa": "/hɒlt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːlt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑlt/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 27 13",
      "sense": "to stop",
      "word": "brake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "desist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "immobilize"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "terminate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shut down"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "call a halt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "grind to a halt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
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      "form": "halts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268",
          "text": "Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.",
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        }
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        ],
        [
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          "permanent"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "sense": "cessation: temporary",
          "word": "hiatus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "word": "close"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "dadar",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "դադար"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spirane",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "спиране"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "halto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "pysähtyminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "temporary",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "pysähdys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "loppu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "permanent",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "lopettaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Halt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Blockierung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "word": "Pause"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zapíranje",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "запи́рање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zástoj",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "за́стој"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "cessation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        }
      ]
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668",
          "text": "On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "word": "geraleku"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spirka",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "спирка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "baixador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "word": "trajnhaltejo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "word": "seisake"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "halte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apeadoiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apeadeiro"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Halteplatz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Haltestelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "word": "megállóhely"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          ],
          "word": "по́стојка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "word": "apeadeiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "haltă"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "polustanok",
          "sense": "minor railway station",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "полустанок"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "march",
          "march"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To stop marching."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop either temporarily or permanently."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily"
        ],
        [
          "permanently",
          "permanently"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring to a stop."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring to a stop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to discontinue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discontinue",
          "discontinue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to discontinue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɒlt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːlt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑlt/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒlt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to stop",
      "word": "brake"
    },
    {
      "word": "desist"
    },
    {
      "word": "stay"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "freeze"
    },
    {
      "word": "immobilize"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to cause to discontinue",
      "word": "break off"
    },
    {
      "word": "terminate"
    },
    {
      "word": "shut down"
    },
    {
      "word": "stop"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlagam",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "отлагам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekǎsvam",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "прекъсвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slagam na trupčeta",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "слагам на трупчета"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spiram",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "спирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "hedhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "skrinlægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "halti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "hyllyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "pysähtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "seisahtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "faire halte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "suspendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "anhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "stoppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "rasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "tarraing suas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "accantonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "fermare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "riporre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyūshisuru",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "休止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teishisuru",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "停止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "subsisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zápira",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "за́пира"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zápre",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "за́пре"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "niṟttuka",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "നിർത്തുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "urutū"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "bremse"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "stoppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "henlegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "skrinlegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "odkładać na półkę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "estagnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "sayay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "opri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klastʹ na polku",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "класть на полку"
    },
    {
      "alt": "как вко́панный",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "about someone",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "встать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zameretʹ",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "замереть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamiratʹ",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "замирать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "cajonear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "dar carpetazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "engavetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "parar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to stop either temporarily or permanently",
      "word": "skrinlägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spiram",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "спирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "haltigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "pysäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "seisauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "anhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "stoppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "stocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "piättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "asettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "seisottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "tarraing suas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "fermare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshitodomeru",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "押し止める"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "samatageru",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "さまたげる"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zápira",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "за́пира"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zápre",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "за́пре"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "niṟttuka",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "നിർത്തുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "urutū"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "stoppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "sayay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "opri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostanávlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "остана́вливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "parar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause something to stop",
      "word": "stoppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolebaja se",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "колебая се"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "anhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "stoppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "stocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamerau",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "ためらう"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se dvóumi",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "се дво́уми"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "nøle"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to waver or be hesitant",
      "word": "avvente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "halt"
}

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  "categories": [
    "en:Gaits"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "call a halt"
    },
    {
      "word": "grind to a halt"
    },
    {
      "word": "half-halt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "halt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French halt",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "halt",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stop!"
      },
      "expansion": "German halt (“stop!”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "halten",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hold, to stop"
      },
      "expansion": "halten (“to hold, to stop”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hold"
      },
      "expansion": "hold",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "halts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "halt (plural halts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268",
          "text": "Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cessation, either temporary or permanent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cessation",
          "cessation"
        ],
        [
          "temporary",
          "temporary"
        ],
        [
          "permanent",
          "permanent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668",
          "text": "On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/hɒlt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːlt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑlt/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒlt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "text": "Audio (UK)"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "cessation: temporary",
      "word": "hiatus"
    },
    {
      "word": "moratorium"
    },
    {
      "word": "recess"
    },
    {
      "word": "pause"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cessation: permanent",
      "word": "close"
    },
    {
      "word": "endpoint"
    },
    {
      "word": "terminus"
    },
    {
      "word": "finish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dadar",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "դադար"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spirane",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "спиране"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "halto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "pysähtyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "temporary",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "pysähdys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "loppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "permanent",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "lopettaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blockierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "word": "Pause"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zapíranje",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "запи́рање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zástoj",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́стој"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cessation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oprire"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kisakayaran",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "word": "կիսակայարան"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "word": "geraleku"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spirka",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спирка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baixador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "halte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "word": "trajnhaltejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "word": "seisake"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "halte"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apeadoiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apeadeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halteplatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Haltestelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "word": "megállóhely"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "póstojka",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́стојка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "word": "apeadeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haltă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polustanok",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полустанок"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "minor railway station",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apeadero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "halt"
}

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    "en:Gaits"
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "halt"
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      "expansion": "Danish halt",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "halt"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "more halt",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most halt",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with archaic senses"
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        "Lame, limping."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/hɔːlt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑlt/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    }
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}

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        "3": "halt"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English halt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "healt"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "en",
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kel-",
        "t": "to beat, strike, cut, slash"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "halt"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish halt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "halt"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish halt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "halts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "halt (plural halts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English dated terms"
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        "Lameness; a limp."
      ],
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          "lameness"
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          "limp",
          "limp"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dated) Lameness; a limp."
      ],
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        "dated"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːlt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔlt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑlt/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɒlt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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