stopes Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
Marie Stopes; Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes.
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verb come to a halt, stop moving
stop; halt.
- the car stopped
- She stopped in front of a store window
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verb put an end to a state or an activity
quit; discontinue; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
- Quit teasing your little brother
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verb stop from happening or developing
kibosh; stop; halt; block.
- Block his election
- Halt the process
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verb interrupt a trip
stop over; stop.
- we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
- they stopped for three days in Florence
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verb cause to stop
stop.
- stop a car
- stop the thief
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verb prevent completion
break; stop; discontinue; break off.
- stop the project
- break off the negotiations
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verb hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
turn back; stop; hold back; arrest; contain; check.
- 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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verb seize on its way
intercept; stop.
- The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
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verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
stop; cease; finish; end; terminate.
- 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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verb render unsuitable for passage
bar; block up; stop; blockade; barricade; block off; block.
- block the way
- barricade the streets
- stop the busy road
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verb stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
hold on; stop.
- Hold on a moment!
