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- [stop]
- /stɒp/
- /stɒp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stop]
- /stɒp/
Definitions of stopped word
- verb with object stopped to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running. 1
- verb with object stopped to cause to cease; put an end to: to stop noise in the street. 1
- verb with object stopped to interrupt, arrest, or check (a course, proceeding, process, etc.): Stop your work just a minute. 1
- verb with object stopped to cut off, intercept, or withhold: to stop supplies. 1
- verb with object stopped to restrain, hinder, or prevent (usually followed by from): I couldn't stop him from going. 1
- verb with object stopped to prevent from proceeding, acting, operating, continuing, etc.: to stop a speaker; to stop a car. 1
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Origin of stopped
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 Stopped
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stopped 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".
stopped usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stopped
adj stopped
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- congested — A congested road or area is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
- finished — ended or completed.
- frozen — past participle of freeze.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
verb stopped
- abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- alighted — Simple past tense and past participle of alight.
- checkmated — (chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
- chocked — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
noun stopped
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- flyspecked — Covered with flyspecks.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- lulled — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
adjective stopped
- cancelled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- clogged — to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.
- crashed — to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
Antonyms for stopped
adj stopped
- in progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
verb stopped
- abetted — to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
- absconded — Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
- accommodated — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
- achieved — Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.
- acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
noun stopped
- dawned — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- entranced — Held at attention, as if by magic.
- flowed — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- lifted — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
Top questions with stopped
- where were you when the world stopped turning?
- car shakes when stopped?
- where were you when the world stopped turning lyrics?
- what would happen if the earth stopped spinning?
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