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stops

SaySTOPSUS/stɑps/UK/stɒps/

2 meanings of stops

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular present of stop. Use this form with he, she, or it.

    The bus stops right outside our school.

    She stops to tie her shoe before the race.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of stop. Use this form when there is more than one.

    The bus makes three stops before it reaches downtown.

    We counted all the stops along the way to the beach.

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stops is a form of stop

stop, verb: To not do something any more, as in stop smoking, or to come to an end, as when the rain stops. Full entry

Forms
stopstops he/she/itstopping -ing formstopped past tense, past participle
Spelling
stop → stops: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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