American English pronunciation
How to pronounce desist
IPA transcription: [dɪ'sɪst]
Pronunciation variants: [dɪ'sɪst][dɪ'zɪst]
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Verb
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choose not to consume
“I abstain from alcohol”
Usage examples
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- Could you kindly desist from throwing peanuts from the gallery?
- Geodesists, by convention, use the semimajor axis and flattening.
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- We've been asked to cease and desist, so let us do neither of those things.
- Could you kindly desist from throwing peanuts from the gallery?