Definition of ceasing

"ceasing" in the verb sense

1. discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

put an end to a state or an activity

"Quit teasing your little brother"

2. end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

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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Quotations for ceasing

The poetry of earth is ceasing never. [ Keats ]

The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death,
Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath. [ Pope ]

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Perpetually or Continually? Perpetual means never ceasing, continuing without interruption; continual, of frequent recurrence, etc., with occasional interruptions. Indolent pupils are perpetually failing in the tasks assigned them. Here the proper word is continually. Time is perpetual; frequent disregard of our duties is continual. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

ceasing in Scrabble®

The word ceasing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters ceasing:

CEASING
(90 = 40 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

ceasing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ceasing

CEASING
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(61 = 11 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In ceasing

CEASING
(90 = 40 + 50)
CEASING
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CEASING
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CEASING
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ceasing in Words With Friends™

The word ceasing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ceasing:

CEASING
(104 = 69 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

ceasing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word ceasing

CEASING
(104 = 69 + 35)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ceasing

CEASING
(104 = 69 + 35)
CEASING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CEASING
(98 = 63 + 35)
CEASING
(92 = 57 + 35)
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Words containing the sequence ceasing

Words that start with ceasing (1 word)

Words with ceasing in them (3 words)

Words that end with ceasing (5 words)

Word Growth involving ceasing

Shorter words in ceasing

as easing

in sin sing easing

Longer words containing ceasing

deceasing predeceasing

neverceasing

unceasing unceasingly

unceasing unceasingness