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{
"term": "cease",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "cease",
"heSheIt": "ceases"
},
"pastSimple": "ceased",
"pastParticiple": "ceased",
"ingForm": "ceasing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stop happening or existing; to stop something from happening or existing",
"sensetop": "cease to do somethingcease somethingcease doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
},
{
"text": "You never cease to amaze me!",
"contextForm": "cease to do something"
},
{
"text": "They voted to cease strike action immediately.",
"contextForm": "cease something"
},
{
"text": "He ordered his men to cease fire *(= stop shooting)*."
},
{
"text": "The company ceased trading in June.",
"contextForm": "cease doing something"
},
{
"text": "Building ceased with the outbreak of war."
},
{
"text": "My job had effectively ceased to exist."
},
{
"text": "It rained all day without ceasing."
},
{
"text": "The bird's song ceased abruptly."
},
{
"text": "The conversation had long ceased to interest me."
},
{
"text": "The company has now ceased production of the toys."
},
{
"text": "The factory will cease operations this autumn."
},
{
"text": "The flow slowed, then ceased altogether."
},
{
"text": "The noise faded, then ceased altogether."
},
{
"text": "These violations of the code must cease forthwith."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a phrase used to express surprise and pleasure at something",
"labels": "(informal, usually ironic)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘I've cleaned my room.’ ‘Wonders will never cease!’"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/siːs/",
"audio": "ce/cease/cease__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːsɪz/",
"audio": "ce/cease/ceases__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːst/",
"audio": "ce/cease/ceased__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "ce/cease/ceasing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/siːs/",
"audio": "ce/cease/cease__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːsɪz/",
"audio": "ce/cease/ceases__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/siːst/",
"audio": "ce/cease/ceased__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsiːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "ce/cease/ceasing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare ‘stop’, from cedere ‘to yield’."
}