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{ "term": "stop", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "stop", "heSheIt": "stops" }, "pastSimple": "stopped", "pastParticiple": "stopped", "ingForm": "stopping" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to no longer move; to make somebody/something no longer move", "sensetop": "stop somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The car stopped at the traffic lights." }, { "text": "Ann stopped in front of the house." }, { "text": "This train doesn’t stop at Oxford." }, { "text": "He was **stopped by the police** for speeding.", "contextForm": "stop somebody/something" }, { "text": "She stopped the car opposite the school." }, { "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead: what was he doing?" }, { "text": "The buses stop outside the school." }, { "text": "Soldiers took up positions along roads, stopping and searching cars." }, { "text": "Passers-by stopped and stared in the window." }, { "text": "She made them stop the car and let her out." }, { "text": "Flooding has stopped the traffic through the center of town." } ], "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"], "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"], "preposition": ["from"], "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to no longer continue to do something; to make somebody/something no longer do something", "sensetop": "stop doing somethingstop somebody/somethingstop what…", "labels": "(formal)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Can't you just stop?" }, { "text": "That phone **never stops** ringing!", "contextForm": "stop doing something" }, { "text": "Don't you ever stop talking?" }, { "text": "Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong." }, { "text": "She criticizes everyone and the trouble is, she **doesn't know when to stop**." }, { "text": "Stop me *(= make me stop talking)* if I'm boring you.", "contextForm": "stop somebody/something" }, { "text": "**Stop it!** You're hurting me." }, { "text": "Mike immediately stopped what he was doing.", "contextForm": "stop what…" }, { "text": "He never knows when to stop." }, { "text": "He couldn't stop thinking about her." }, { "text": "I was enjoying myself so much I didn't want to stop." }, { "text": "We need to stop making excuses." }, { "text": "After three weeks we had stopped expecting to hear any news." }, { "text": "She's trying to stop smoking and lose weight." }, { "text": "They can't stop talking about the holiday." }, { "text": "She didn't stop working until she was 80." }, { "text": "They paid farmers to stop using chemicals." }, { "text": "It's time to stop playing and go home." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"], "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"], "preposition": ["from"], "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to end or finish; to make something end or finish", "sensetop": "stop doing somethingstop something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "When is this fighting going to stop?" }, { "text": "The bus service stops at midnight." }, { "text": "Has it stopped raining yet?", "contextForm": "stop doing something" }, { "text": "Doctors couldn't stop the bleeding.", "contextForm": "stop something" }, { "text": "The referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow." }, { "text": "She called on both sides to stop the violence." }, { "text": "When is the violence going to stop?" }, { "text": "The sobs came less frequently, then stopped altogether." }, { "text": "The story stops and starts, with little emphasis on continuity." }, { "text": "The peace movement failed to stop the war." }, { "text": "He knew he had to stop the blood flow." }, { "text": "On the farm, the work never stops." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"], "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"], "preposition": ["from"], "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening", "sensetop": "stop somebody/somethingstop somebody/something (from) doing something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I want to go and you can't stop me.", "contextForm": "stop somebody/something" }, { "text": "efforts to stop the spread of the disease" }, { "text": "**There's no stopping us now** *(= nothing can prevent us from achieving what we want to achieve)*." }, { "text": "You can't stop people (from) saying what they think.", "contextForm": "stop somebody/something (from) doing something" }, { "text": "They **tried to stop** me from leaving." }, { "text": "**There's nothing to stop you** from accepting the offer." }, { "text": "He's dangerous and needs to be stopped." }, { "text": "Measures must be taken to stop the spread of the virus." }, { "text": "The activists failed to stop the tests from going ahead." }, { "text": "If she wants to go, I'm certainly not going to try and stop her." }, { "text": "Technology could help to stop future attacks." }, { "text": "The internet has stopped young people from talking to each other." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"], "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"], "preposition": ["from"], "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to end an activity for a short time in order to do something", "sensetop": "stop for somethingstop to do something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'm hungry. Let's stop for lunch.", "contextForm": "stop for something" }, { "text": "We stopped for the night in Port Augusta." }, { "text": "We stopped to admire the scenery.", "contextForm": "stop to do something" }, { "text": "People just don't **stop to think** about the consequences." }, { "text": "The film really makes you stop and think." }, { "text": "If you just stop and listen, it's amazing what you can hear." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to no longer be working or functioning; to make something be no longer working or functioning", "sensetop": "stop something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Why has the engine stopped?" }, { "text": "What time is it? My watch has stopped." }, { "text": "I felt as if my heart had stopped." }, { "text": "Can you stop the printer once it’s started?", "contextForm": "stop something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to stay somewhere for a short time, especially at somebody’s house", "sensetop": "stop for something", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm not stopping. I just came to give you this message." }, { "text": "Can you stop for tea?", "contextForm": "stop for something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to prevent money from being paid", "sensetop": "stop somethingstop something from something", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "to **stop a cheque** *(= tell the bank not to pay it)*", "contextForm": "stop something" }, { "text": "Employees of the failed company will have their wages stopped from tomorrow." }, { "text": "Dad threatened to stop £1 a week from our pocket money if we didn't clean our rooms.", "contextForm": "stop something from something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc.", "sensetop": "stop something (up) (with something)", "examples": [ { "text": "Stop up the other end of the tube, will you?" }, { "text": "I stopped my ears but still heard her cry out." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong", "examples": [ { "text": "She’ll stop at nothing to make money." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you", "labels": "(figurative)", "examples": [ { "text": "The question stopped Alice in her tracks." }, { "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?" }, { "text": "The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suddenly stop, or make somebody suddenly stop, doing something", "examples": [ { "text": "He stopped short when he heard his name." }, { "text": "‘I’m pregnant,’ she said. That stopped him short." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be unwilling to do something because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it", "examples": [ { "text": "She stopped short of calling the president a liar." }, { "text": "The protest stopped short of a violent confrontation." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/stɒp/", "audio": "st/stop/stop__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/stɒps/", "audio": "st/stop/stops__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/stɒpt/", "audio": "st/stop/stopped__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈstɒpɪŋ/", "audio": "st/stop/stopping__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/stɑːp/", "audio": "st/stop/stop__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/stɑːps/", "audio": "st/stop/stops__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/stɑːpt/", "audio": "st/stop/stopped__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈstɑːpɪŋ/", "audio": "st/stop/stopping__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English (for)stoppian ‘block up (an aperture)’, of West Germanic origin; related to German stopfen, from late Latin stuppare ‘to stuff’." }