0 to stop something:
1 without stopping
2 to stop an action or condition:
[ T ] Clapp had to cease publication because of lack of money.
[ + to infinitive ] It was hard to accept that one day he would simply cease to exist.
He claims that prejudice against homosexuals would cease overnight if all the gay stars in the country were honest about their sexuality.
This barbarity must cease!
Finally, at the new steady state, investment ceases, capital, and, hence, output are reduced.
In this way, the central claim of their paper - "all mental representations are conscious" - ceases to be vacuous.
This ambivalence was reflected in the continuous violation of the cease-fire agreement by both parties.
Others re-visited once or twice in the first 3 months and then ceased visiting unless problems were thought likely to occur.
As the study of developmental psychology devotes virtually no attention to the adult years, the assumption is that development has ceased by this time.
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