halt

CEFRC1

/hɒlt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To stop moving or make something stop.

  2. 02

    noun

    A stop or pause.

Examples

  • The train was brought to a sudden halt.

  • Then, the train screeched to a halt.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

  2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

  3. To limp; move with a limping gait.

More examples

In context

  • Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.

  • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

  • The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

Synonyms

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The train came to a sudden blank because of a red signal.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.