Meaning of 'cease'
Meaning of 'cease' (Webster Dictionary)
Meaning of 'cease' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- put an end to a state or an activity
- put an end to a state or an activity
Example in sentence:
- Quit teasing your little brother
Meaning (2):
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Example in sentence:
- My property ends by the bushes;
- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed;
- The symphony ends in a pianissimo;
- Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
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