/stɒp/
Translation
To not move or not do something any more, or to make this happen.
Word origin
From Old English stoppian, meaning to close up or block an opening.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- stoppian
Grammar
Examples
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"Stop" means to make the car not move any more.
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"Stops" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Stopped" is the past form of "stop".
When you stop, you no longer move or keep doing something. You can stop walking, stop talking, or stop a car so it stands still.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(26)The First Day
2 min read · Core 1000
A Rainy Afternoon
3 min read · Core 1000
Sports Day
3 min read · Core 1000
The Late Bus
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read · Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read · Core 5000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read · Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
The Passenger
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
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Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Go: 14 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Put: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs: the rules that matter
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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