unceased

cease

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sees]
- /sis/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sees]
- /sis/

Definitions of unceased word

verb without object unceased to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist. 1
verb without object unceased to come to an end: At last the war has ceased. 1
verb without object unceased Obsolete. to pass away; die out. 1
verb with object unceased to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged them to cease their quarreling. 1
noun unceased cessation: The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease. 1

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Origin of unceased

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English ces(s)en < Old French cesser < Latin cessāre to leave off, equivalent to cess(us) (past participle of cēdere to withdraw, go; ced- go + -tus past participle suffix) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive ending; see cede

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Parts of speech for Unceased

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Unceased

unceased popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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