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cease
Overview of noun cease
The noun cease has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cease -- ((`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end)
Overview of verb cease
The verb cease has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (25) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother")
2. (6) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease -- (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cease
1 sense of cease
Sense 1
cease
=> end, ending
=> point, point in time
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun cease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cease
1 sense of cease
Sense 1
cease
=> end, ending
Antonyms of noun cease
Member Holonyms of noun cease
Substance Holonyms of noun cease
Part Holonyms of noun cease
Member Meronyms of noun cease
Substance Meronyms of noun cease
Part Meronyms of noun cease
Meronyms of noun cease
Holonyms of noun cease
Attributes of noun cease
Derived Forms of noun cease
1 sense of cease
Sense 1
cease
RELATED TO>(verb) cease#1
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Domain of noun cease
Domain Terms of noun cease
Familiarity of noun cease
cease used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun cease
1 sense of cease
Sense 1
cease
> end, ending
=> death, last
=> death, dying, demise
=> period
=> year-end
=> stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close
=> cease
=> fag end, tail, tail end
=> last gasp
=> termination, expiration, expiry
=> terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit
Meronyms of noun cease
1 sense of cease
Holonyms of noun cease
Grep of noun cease
cease
cease-fire
cease and desist order
ceaselessness
decease
surcease
Antonyms of verb cease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
=> drop, knock off
=> leave off
=> sign off
=> retire, withdraw
=> pull the plug
=> shut off, close off
=> cheese
=> call it quits, call it a day
=> break
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
=> pass away
=> lapse
=> cut out
=> go out
=> adjourn, recess, break up
=> vanish, disappear
=> culminate, climax
=> run out
=> run low, run short, go
=> vanish, disappear, go away
=> conclude, close
=> turn out, come out
=> discontinue
=> break
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
'Cause To' of verb cease
Derived Forms of verb cease
1 of 2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
RELATED TO>(noun) cessation#1
=> cessation, surcease
RELATED TO>(noun) cease#1
=> cease
Domain of verb cease
Domain Terms of verb cease
Familiarity of verb cease
cease used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb cease
2 senses of cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
EX: They cease moving
Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cease
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cease
Sense 1
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
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Sense 2
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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Grep of verb cease
cease
decease
predecease
Grep of adj cease
ceaseless
Grep of adv cease
ceaselessly
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