Stop
verb
To cease or cause to cease moving or operating.
He stopped the car and turned off the engine.
Often appears as...
- stop suddenly
- stop moving
noun
A place designed to stop at, like a bus stop.
We waited at the bus stop.
Often appears as...
- bus stop
- truck stop
noun
A punctuation mark, also known as a period in American English.
The sentence ends with a full stop
Often appears as...
- full stop
- comma and stop
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To prevent something from happening or someone from doing something.
We must stop him from making such a big mistake.
Often appears as...
- stop him
- stop doing
noun
A halt or stay in a journey.
We made several stops on our road trip.
Often appears as...
- make a stop
- brief stop
verb
To cease or cause to cease moving or operating.
He stopped the car and turned off the engine.
Often appears as...
- stop suddenly
- stop moving
noun
A place designed to stop at, like a bus stop.
We waited at the bus stop.
Often appears as...
- bus stop
- truck stop
noun
A punctuation mark, also known as a period in American English.
The sentence ends with a full stop
Often appears as...
- full stop
- comma and stop
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To prevent something from happening or someone from doing something.
We must stop him from making such a big mistake.
Often appears as...
- stop him
- stop doing
noun
A halt or stay in a journey.
We made several stops on our road trip.
Often appears as...
- make a stop
- brief stop
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Interruption
Use 'stop' to indicate physically preventing something or someone from moving.
She reached out to stop the rolling ball.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversational Pauses
'Stop' can signal a pause or break in a conversation or activity.
Let's stop here and resume after lunch.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Interruption
Use 'stop' to indicate physically preventing something or someone from moving.
She reached out to stop the rolling ball.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversational Pauses
'Stop' can signal a pause or break in a conversation or activity.
Let's stop here and resume after lunch.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Interruption
Use 'stop' to indicate physically preventing something or someone from moving.
She reached out to stop the rolling ball.
Pro Tip 2/2Conversational Pauses
'Stop' can signal a pause or break in a conversation or activity.
Let's stop here and resume after lunch.
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The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right behind him. The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way.
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each of which has two protective regions at the extremities called telomeres. Those shorten every time cells replicate. When telomeres become too short, cells stop replicating and die, slowing the body's ability to renew itself.
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Is it bad to hold your...
the pouch can rupture painfully requiring surgery to fix. But under normal circumstances, your decision to urinate stops the brain's signal to the external urethral sphincter, causing it to relax and the bladder to empty. The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor, and it provides support to the urethra and bladder neck.
Video examples
At what moment are you...
to the point where they are virtually paused. And research into cryonics hopes to achieve the same by freezing dying people and reviving them later when newer technology is able to help them. See, if the cells are frozen, there's very little molecular movement, and diffusion practically stops.
Video examples
The myth behind the...
The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right behind him. The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way.
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The surprising reason...
but some theorize that they aid in recovery. The rise in temperature can slow bacteria and help your immune system destroy pathogens. Sleep lets your body channel more energy towards fighting infection. When you stop eating, your liver can take up much of the iron in your blood,
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Economics of climate...
why we need to say the following we need to stop applauding our politicians for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on ineffective green policies instead what we do need to do is to spend and encourage them to dramatically ramp up
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Would you sacrifice one...
but there is a very large man on the bridge next to you. If you push him over, his body will stop the trolley, saving the five workers, but he'll die. To utilitarians, the decision is exactly the same, lose one life to save five.
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Why do our bodies age? -...
each of which has two protective regions at the extremities called telomeres. Those shorten every time cells replicate. When telomeres become too short, cells stop replicating and die, slowing the body's ability to renew itself.
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Rethinking infidelity...
I mean, many of you probably have said, "I am monogamous in all my relationships." We used to marry, and had sex for the first time. But now we marry, and we stop having sex with others.
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and make their way to the sea every test they face hones skills they'll need later in life but one challenge stops them in their tracks
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American Poet
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My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.
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Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!
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German Physicist
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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American Actress
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
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But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
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American Comedian
Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work.
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American Novelist
Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
If you stop struggling, then you stop life.
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e. e. cummings
American Poet
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
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Steve Harvey
American Actor
My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
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Jerry Lewis
American Comedian
Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
If you stop struggling, then you stop life.
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