American English pronunciation
How to pronounce stopped
IPA transcription: [s'tɑpt]
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Verb
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put an end to a state or an activity
“Quit teasing your little brother”
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have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
“Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other”
“My property ends by the bushes”
“The symphony ends in a pianissimo”
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come to a halt, stop moving
“the car stopped”
“She stopped in front of a store window”
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stop from happening or developing
“Block his election”
“Halt the process”
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render unsuitable for passage
“block the way”
“barricade the streets”
“stop the busy road”
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prevent completion
“stop the project”
“break off the negotiations”
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hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
“Arrest the downward trend”
“Check the growth of communism in South East Asia”
“Contain the rebel movement”
“Turn back the tide of communism”
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interrupt a trip
“we stopped at Aunt Mary's house”
“they stopped for three days in Florence”
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cause to stop
“stop a car”
“stop the thief”
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seize on its way
“The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace”
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stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
“Hold on a moment!”
Adjective
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(of a nose) blocked
“a stopped (or stopped-up) nose”
Usage examples
- Stopped speaking only; her hand was still in motion.
- A brightly colored bus is stopped in traffic.
- Why the shots stopped after the tenth, no one on earth has tried to explain.
- But now the sounds inside had stopped.
- He was strong and while she resisted actively he could not be stopped.
- The music stopped then, catching the clowns mid-step.
- Since I've gotten a dog, the regular visits of the fox have stopped.
- "Cynthia Olson" stopped and radioed they were being attacked by a submarine.
- Jonascu finds Royce's body, but is stopped from calling the police by Pallas.
- The music stopped then, catching the clowns mid-step.