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- [stop]
- /stɒp/
- /stɒp/
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- [stop]
- /stɒp/
Definitions of stop word
- verb with object stop to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running. 1
- verb with object stop to cause to cease; put an end to: to stop noise in the street. 1
- verb with object stop to interrupt, arrest, or check (a course, proceeding, process, etc.): Stop your work just a minute. 1
- verb with object stop to cut off, intercept, or withhold: to stop supplies. 1
- verb with object stop to restrain, hinder, or prevent (usually followed by from): I couldn't stop him from going. 1
- verb with object stop to prevent from proceeding, acting, operating, continuing, etc.: to stop a speaker; to stop a car. 1
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Origin of stop
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English stoppen (v.), Old English -stoppian (in forstoppian to stop up); cognate with Dutch, Low German stoppen, German stopfen; all ≪ Vulgar Latin *stuppāre to plug with oakum, derivative of Latin stuppa coarse hemp or flax < Greek stýppē
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Parts of speech for Stop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stop
verb stop
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- abide — to tolerate; put up with
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- adios — goodbye; farewell
noun stop
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
interj stop
- drop it — stop talking about it
Antonyms for stop
noun stop
- abetment — to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
- adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
- advancement — Advancement is progress in your job or in your social position.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- advocacy — Someone's advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly.
verb stop
- abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- abide — to tolerate; put up with
- abscond — If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
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