| word | halt |
|---|---|
| definition | verb When a person or a vehicle halts or when something halts them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still . They halted at a short distance from the house. The engine note changed as the aircraft landed, taxied and halted. She held her hand out flat, to halt him. When something such as growth, development, or activity halts or when you halt it, it stops completely. Striking workers halted production at the auto plant yesterday. He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline. The flow of assistance to Vietnam's fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually halted. ' Halt! ' is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still. The colonel ordered 'Halt!' noun A halt is a very small station on a country railway line, which often consists only of a short platform and no building. |
| inflections | haltshaltinghalted |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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