stop

CEFRA1

/stɒp/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To end an activity or movement.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Not to continue.

Examples

  • I get off at the next stop.

  • Stop it! You're making her feel uncomfortable!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /(ɪ)sʈɔp/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

  2. To cease moving.

  3. To cease; to no longer continue.

More examples

In context

  • Stop seeing me as a "normal" person!

  • The riots stopped when police moved in.

  • I stopped at the traffic lights.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stoppe (“to stop”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen,...