Stop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stɒp/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Stop is a verb meaning (intransitive) To cease moving.
Meaning
(intransitive) To cease moving.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) Not to continue.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- (transitive) To cease; to no longer continue.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
- (transitive) To close or block an opening.
- (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- (causative, transitive) To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something. [with direct object, along with gerund (chiefly UK) or direct object, along with from, along with gerund (chiefly US)]
Example Sentences
Soon the rain will stop.
Don't let me stop you working.
The referees stopped the fight.
I stopped at the traffic lights.
Word Forms
- stops
- stopping
- stopped
- stoppest
- stoppedst
- stoppeth
Synonyms for stop
Depending on context, synonyms include brake, desist, halt, blin, cease, discontinue.
Antonyms for stop
Common opposites include continue, go, move, proceed, accelerate, keep.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stoppage, cease, kibosh, discontinue, terminate, quit.
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