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to cease
01
to bring an action, activity, or process to an end
Transitive: to cease an activity | to cease doing sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
cease
3rd person singular
ceases
Present participle
ceasing
Past simple
ceased
Past participle
ceased
Examples
They decided to cease production due to low demand.
02
to stop happening or existing
Intransitive
Examples
The rain finally ceased after pouring for hours.
Cease
01
an ending or termination of something
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Plural form
ceases
Examples
The rain continued without cease throughout the night.
