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прекрати́ть — meaning in English

prekratit

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English meaning

  • adjourn verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
  • cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  • deprecate verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • 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.
  • scotch noun Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
  • stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
  • suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
  • terminate verb To bring something to an end.

Senses

прекрати́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • adjourn (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
  • cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  • cease (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
  • deprecate (transitive, chiefly, computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
  • 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.)
  • scotch (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.

adjourn — full definition

  1. verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
  2. verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.

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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