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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Usage notes 1.5.2 Synonyms 1.5.3 Antonyms 1.5.4 Derived terms 1.5.5 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb 3 French 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Interjection 4.3 Noun 5 Polish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 1 5.2.1 Noun 5.2.1.1 Synonyms 5.3 Etymology 2 5.3.1 Interjection 5.3.2 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English stoppen (“‘to stop’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: stŏp, IPA: /stɒp/, SAMPA: /stQp/
• (US) enPR: stŏp, IPA: /stɑp/, SAMPA: /stAp/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒp

[edit] Adverb

stop (not comparable)

1. Prone to halting or hesitation.

   He’s stop still.

[edit] Noun

stop (plural stops)

1. A (usually marked) place where line buses or trams halt to let passengers get on and off.

   They agreed to see each other at the bus stop.

2. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.

   That stop was not planned.

3. A device intended to block the path of a moving object; as, a door stop.
4. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
5. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
6. Short for a stopper, used in the phrase 'pull out all the stops'.
7. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.

   The organ is loudest when all the stops are pulled.

8. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
9. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

   The stop in a bulldog's face is very marked.

10. (photography) An f-stop.

[edit] Synonyms

• (consonant sound where air is blocked): plosive, occlusive

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)

1. (intransitive) To cease moving.

   I stopped at the traffic lights.

2. (intransitive) To come to an end.

   The riots stopped when police moved in.

   Soon the rain will stop.

3. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

   The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.

4. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.

   The referees stopped the fight.

5. (transitive) To close or block an opening.

   He stopped the wound with gauze.

6. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

   To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.

7. (intransitive) To stay a while.

   He stopped for two weeks at the inn.

8. (intransitive) To tarry.

   He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive.

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) or the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs for more information.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to cease moving): brake, desist, halt
• (to come to an end): cease, desist, discontinue, halt, terminate
• (to cause to cease moving): cancel, cease, discontinue, halt, terminate
• (to cause to come to an end): cancel, cease, discontinue, halt, terminate

[edit] Antonyms

• (to cease moving): continue, go, move, proceed
• (to come to an end): continue, proceed
• (to cause to cease moving): continue, move
• (to cause to come to an end): continue, move

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• opts
• post
• pots
• spot
• tops

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɔp/, SAMPA: /stOp/

[edit] Noun

stop m. (plural stoppen, diminutive stopje)

1. An electric fuse.
2. An action of stopping.
3. A plug for a kitchen sink, a stopper.

[edit] Verb

stop

1. First person singular present tense and imperative of stoppen..

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

stop m (usually uncountable)

1. stop sign
2. hitchhiking

[edit] Related terms

• auto-stop
• stopper

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English

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stop!

1. stop!, halt!

[edit] Noun

stop m. inv.

1. stop (roadsign; bus stop etc; block)

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[edit] Polish

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstɔp/
•  audio^{help, file}

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[edit] Noun

stop m. (plural stopy)

1. (chemistry) an alloy; a mixture of metals.

   Mosiądz jest stopem miedzi i cynku.

   Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

[edit] Synonyms

• aliaż (m.)

[edit] Etymology 2

From English stop.

[edit] Interjection

stop!

1. stop!, halt!

[edit] Noun

stop m.

1. a stop sign.

   Jechał dalej, bo nie zauważył stopu.

   He continued to drive because he hadn't noticed the stop sign.

2. (informal) a vehicle's brake light.

   Uderzyłam w niego, bo nie zaświecił mu się stop i nie wiedziałam, że ostro hamuje.

   I hit his car because his brake light didn't flash and I didn't know he was braking hard.

3. (informal) hitchhiking.

   Często podróżuję na stopa.

   I often hitchhike.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for stop	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stop	stopet	stop	stopen
Genitive	stops	stopets	stops	stopens

stop n.

1. Beer mug.

[edit] Synonyms

• sejdel