query | If something c_____, it stops happening or existing .If something ceases, it stops happening or existing . At one o'clock the rain had ceased. |
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word | cease |
full-definition | verb If something ceases, it stops happening or existing . At one o'clock the rain had ceased. If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. He never ceases to amaze me. The secrecy about the President's condition had ceased to matter. A small number of firms have ceased trading. If you cease something, you stop it happening or working . The Daily Herald ceased publication, to be replaced by The Sun. |
inflections | ceasesceasingceased |
cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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