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zaprzestać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  • desist verb To stop doing something, often used as a formal or legal instruction.
  • discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.

Senses

zaprzestać is used for these senses in English:

  • cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  • desist (ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
  • discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
  • give up (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)

cease — full definition

  1. verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  2. verb To stop doing something.

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