Word a Day
cease
What does cease mean?
cease (verb): to stop.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cease in a sentence?
- After a short while, it ceased to rain. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce cease?
/sis/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cease come from?
From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of cease?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “cease”?
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What does “cease” mean?
to stop
Right! That's what “cease” means.
to hit
Not quite: that's what strike means.
make new
Not quite: that's what remake means.
to throw
Not quite: that's what cast means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “cease”?
manufacture
Not quite: manufacture means something else.
accommodate
Not quite: accommodate means something else.
discontinue
Right!
incorporate
Not quite: incorporate means something else.
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