cease

cesser, arrêter

Arrêter de faire quelque chose, ou prendre fin, pour une activité ou une situation.

En anglais simple : To stop doing something, or for an activity or situation to end.

• The rain finally ceased.
• They ceased work when the alarm sounded.
• The shop has ceased trading.

Comment l'utiliser : cease doing something (The factory ceased making furniture last year.); cease to do something (The old company ceased to exist.)

Synonymes : stop, end, halt

Contraires : begin, continue

Expressions courantes : cease operations, cease trading, cease to exist