stop

Pronunciation

• enPR: stŏp, IPA ^(key): /stɒp/
• SAMPA: /stQp/

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Verb

Plain form stop

Third-person singular stops

Past tense stopped

Past participle stopped

Present participle stopping

A stop sign

1. (intransitive) If you stop, you do not move; you rest.
   • Synonyms: brake, desist and halt
   • Antonyms: continue, go, move and proceed

   He stopped after running 2 miles.

2. (transitive) If you stop something or somebody, you prevent them from moving or doing something. You cause the person to cease moving or progressing.

   The police tried to stop the criminal, but he was too fast.

3. (with "ing" form (gerund)) If you stop doing something, you are not doing it anymore. You have ceased doing it.
   • Synonyms: cease and blin

   I stopped playing video games and went back to working on my project.

4. (intransitive) If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.

Noun

Singular stop

Plural stops

1. (countable) A stop is a place where buses, cars, taxis, or other vehicles halt to let passengers board or leave (get on or off).

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