ceased
/siːst/
ceased is the simple past and past participle of cease.
Meaning of cease
Verb
cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)
- To stop.
- And with that, his twitching ceased.
- Synonyms:
- discontinue, hold, terminate, absolve, complete, conclude, consummate, do, end, finalize
- To stop doing (something).
- And with that, he ceased twitching.
- Synonyms:
- arrest, discontinue, absist, belay, blin, break off, cess, cheese it, come to an end, desist
- To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
- The poor shall never cease out of the land.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 15:11
Words formed from ceased
Phrases with ceased
Words that rhyme with ceased
- beast
- east
- yeast
- deceased
- feast
- least
- creased
- east-northeast
- priest
- a contented mind is a perpetual feast
- batiste
- English Harbour East
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Questions about ceased
- What is ceased the simple past and past participle of?
- Ceased is the simple past and past participle of cease.
- How do you pronounce ceased?
- Ceased is pronounced /siːst/.
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