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halt
What does halt mean?
halt (verb): to stop either temporarily or permanently.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use halt in a sentence?
- The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce halt?
/hɔlt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does halt come from?
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “halt” mean?
to stop either temporarily or permanently
Right! That's what “halt” means.
use up a period of time in a specific way
Not quite: that's what spend means.
to come or go back (to a place or person)
Not quite: that's what return means.
to contain comfortably; to have space for
Not quite: that's what accommodate means.
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