Cease
verb
To stop doing something or come to an end.
The rain ceased and the sun began to shine.
Often appears as...
- cease to exist
- cease operations
verb
To cease to, to stop being.
He ceased to be a member of the club.
Often appears as...
- cease to amaze
- cease to remember
verb
Cease and desist, a legal term for stopping an action.
They were ordered to cease and desist their illegal activities.
Often appears as...
- cease and desist order
- cease and desist letter
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To stop doing something or come to an end.
The rain ceased and the sun began to shine.
Often appears as...
- cease to exist
- cease operations
verb
To cease to, to stop being.
He ceased to be a member of the club.
Often appears as...
- cease to amaze
- cease to remember
verb
Cease and desist, a legal term for stopping an action.
They were ordered to cease and desist their illegal activities.
Often appears as...
- cease and desist order
- cease and desist letter
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Halt
‘Cease’ often implies that something is paused temporarily and may resume later.
Operations will cease until the storm passes.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Tone
‘Cease’ is more formal than ‘stop’, often used in business or official communications.
The company will cease trading due to bankruptcy.
Pro Tip 3/3Complete Stop
Sometimes, it indicates a final stop, especially when paired with 'forever'.
The ancient rituals ceased forever.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Halt
‘Cease’ often implies that something is paused temporarily and may resume later.
Operations will cease until the storm passes.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Tone
‘Cease’ is more formal than ‘stop’, often used in business or official communications.
The company will cease trading due to bankruptcy.
Pro Tip 3/3Complete Stop
Sometimes, it indicates a final stop, especially when paired with 'forever'.
The ancient rituals ceased forever.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Halt
‘Cease’ often implies that something is paused temporarily and may resume later.
Operations will cease until the storm passes.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Tone
‘Cease’ is more formal than ‘stop’, often used in business or official communications.
The company will cease trading due to bankruptcy.
Pro Tip 3/3Complete Stop
Sometimes, it indicates a final stop, especially when paired with 'forever'.
The ancient rituals ceased forever.
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The difference between...
always learn from others. Never cease trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control. If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control. Then I ran across this simple verse that said,
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MORGAN This royal treatment isn't required merely out of respect for the divine. It avoids her receiving cuts to her feet. If she bleeds, she ceases to be a goddess. Of course, that day can only be put off so long. With the onset of puberty, this young girl
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What forgiveness can...
women report becoming financially empowered participating in household decisions men are becoming champions of girls rights community members from different tribes are coming together to promote peace and our girls never cease
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How to build a fictional...
that Law of Gravity has ceased to exist on the trillions of pages resting between those bookends. Authors of science fiction and fantasy literally build worlds. They make rules, maps, lineages, languages, cultures, universes,
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Don't fear intelligent...
And as someone who fought machines and lost, I am here to tell you this is excellent, excellent news. Eventually, every profession will have to feel these pressures or else it will mean humanity has ceased to make progress.
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A guide to the energy of...
So eating producers is the most efficient level at which an animal can get its energy, but without continual input of energy to those producers, mostly from sunlight, life on Earth as we know it would cease to exist.
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The habits of happiness...
"We don't care about being happy. We need to live with passion. We like the ups and downs of life. We like our suffering because it's so good when it ceases for a while."
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Disabled Baby Elephant...
now this place never ceases to amaze me the things you see even though andrea sees individuals only rarely she's been able to piece together their life stories
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Thoughts on humanity,...
Otherwise it will cease to flourish. It will perish in its own self-absorption. So you may use your power to build walls and keep people outside,
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Your brain hallucinates...
Just over a year ago, for the third time in my life, I ceased to exist.
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The difference between...
always learn from others. Never cease trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control. If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control. Then I ran across this simple verse that said,
Video examples
Living Embodiment of...
MORGAN This royal treatment isn't required merely out of respect for the divine. It avoids her receiving cuts to her feet. If she bleeds, she ceases to be a goddess. Of course, that day can only be put off so long. With the onset of puberty, this young girl
Video examples
What forgiveness can...
women report becoming financially empowered participating in household decisions men are becoming champions of girls rights community members from different tribes are coming together to promote peace and our girls never cease
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
that Law of Gravity has ceased to exist on the trillions of pages resting between those bookends. Authors of science fiction and fantasy literally build worlds. They make rules, maps, lineages, languages, cultures, universes,
Video examples
Don't fear intelligent...
And as someone who fought machines and lost, I am here to tell you this is excellent, excellent news. Eventually, every profession will have to feel these pressures or else it will mean humanity has ceased to make progress.
Video examples
A guide to the energy of...
So eating producers is the most efficient level at which an animal can get its energy, but without continual input of energy to those producers, mostly from sunlight, life on Earth as we know it would cease to exist.
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
"We don't care about being happy. We need to live with passion. We like the ups and downs of life. We like our suffering because it's so good when it ceases for a while."
Video examples
Disabled Baby Elephant...
now this place never ceases to amaze me the things you see even though andrea sees individuals only rarely she's been able to piece together their life stories
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
Otherwise it will cease to flourish. It will perish in its own self-absorption. So you may use your power to build walls and keep people outside,
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
Just over a year ago, for the third time in my life, I ceased to exist.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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Alice Walker
American Author
We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
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Anthony J. D'Angelo
American Writer
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.
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St. Jerome
Saint
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.
Quote examples
Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.
Quote examples
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
Quote examples
Anthony J. D'Angelo
American Writer
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.
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St. Jerome
Saint
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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