ceases
SEE-siz/ˈsiːsɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of cease.
The factory ceases production every December for routine maintenance.
When the power fails, the pump ceases to draw water from the well.
Note
A formal verb in its present-tense -s form, and it carries the register of its base: where everyday speech says stops, this belongs to careful, official prose. It works with or without an object (the rain ceases; the firm ceases trading), and it readily takes a to-infinitive, as in ceases to draw water. The old meaning of failing or perishing is obsolete, and in current use it means only coming to a halt.
ceases is a form of cease
cease, verb: To come to an end; to stop happening or continuing. Full entry
- Spelling
- cease → ceases: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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