stop
verb (FINISH) /stɒp/
/stɑːp/ (-pp-)Definition
A1 [I or T] to finish doing something that you were doing: Once I start eating chocolate, I can't stop. [+ -ing verb] Stop shouting - you're giving me a headache! I couldn't stop laughing. Stop it!/Stop that!Causing something to endComing to an end B1 [I or T] to not continue to operate: My watch must have stopped. The air conditioner has stopped working.Not functioning B1 [I or T] to not move any more or to make someone or something not move any more: Stop the car, I want to get out! I heard him shout "Stop, or I'll shoot!"Immobility A1 [I + -ing verb] to finish doing something that you do regularly or as a habit: Apparently she's stopped drinking. I stopped seeing him last year.Causing something to endComing to an end A2 [I] to pause in a journey or an activity for a short time: Does this train stop at Finsbury Park? Why don't you just stop somewhere and ask for directions? [+ to infinitive] I stopped to pick up a letter that I'd dropped.Cancelling and interrupting
(Definition of stop verb (FINISH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (in) midstream idiom
- adjourn to somewhere phrasal verb
- adjourn verb
- arrest verb (STOP)
- break verb (INTERRUPT)
- call sth off phrasal verb
- cancel verb
- cancellation noun
- cut verb (STOP)
- disturb verb (INTERRUPT)
- diversion noun (TAKING ATTENTION)
- halt noun
- interrupt verb (STOP SPEAKING)
- kick sth into touch idiom
- mothball verb
- nullify verb
- off adjective (STOPPED)
- rain sth off phrasal verb
- shut sth off phrasal verb (SUPPLY)
- time noun (PERIOD)
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