{
    "term": "stop",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "stop",
            "heSheIt": "stops"
        },
        "pastSimple": "stopped",
        "pastParticiple": "stopped",
        "ingForm": "stopping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to no longer move; to make somebody/something no longer move",
            "sensetop": "stop somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The car stopped at the traffic lights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ann stopped in front of the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This train doesn’t stop at Oxford."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **stopped by the police** for speeding.",
                    "contextForm": "stop somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stopped the car opposite the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead: what was he doing?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The buses stop outside the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soldiers took up positions along roads, stopping and searching cars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passers-by stopped and stared in the window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She made them stop the car and let her out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Flooding has stopped the traffic through the center of town."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"],
                "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to no longer continue to do something; to make somebody/something no longer do something",
            "sensetop": "stop doing somethingstop somebody/somethingstop what…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can't you just stop?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That phone **never stops** ringing!",
                    "contextForm": "stop doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't you ever stop talking?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She criticizes everyone and the trouble is, she **doesn't know when to stop**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop me *(= make me stop talking)* if I'm boring you.",
                    "contextForm": "stop somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Stop it!** You're hurting me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mike immediately stopped what he was doing.",
                    "contextForm": "stop what…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He never knows when to stop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't stop thinking about her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was enjoying myself so much I didn't want to stop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to stop making excuses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After three weeks we had stopped expecting to hear any news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's trying to stop smoking and lose weight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They can't stop talking about the holiday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't stop working until she was 80."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They paid farmers to stop using chemicals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's time to stop playing and go home."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"],
                "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to end or finish; to make something end or finish",
            "sensetop": "stop doing somethingstop something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When is this fighting going to stop?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bus service stops at midnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Has it stopped raining yet?",
                    "contextForm": "stop doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors couldn't stop the bleeding.",
                    "contextForm": "stop something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The referee was forced to stop the game because of heavy snow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She called on both sides to stop the violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When is the violence going to stop?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sobs came less frequently, then stopped altogether."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story stops and starts, with little emphasis on continuity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The peace movement failed to stop the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He knew he had to stop the blood flow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On the farm, the work never stops."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"],
                "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening",
            "sensetop": "stop somebody/somethingstop somebody/something (from) doing something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I want to go and you can't stop me.",
                    "contextForm": "stop somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "efforts to stop the spread of the disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**There's no stopping us now** *(= nothing can prevent us from achieving what we want to achieve)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't stop people (from) saying what they think.",
                    "contextForm": "stop somebody/something (from) doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **tried to stop** me from leaving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**There's nothing to stop you** from accepting the offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's dangerous and needs to be stopped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Measures must be taken to stop the spread of the virus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The activists failed to stop the tests from going ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If she wants to go, I'm certainly not going to try and stop her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Technology could help to stop future attacks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet has stopped young people from talking to each other."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["abruptly", "dead", "immediately"],
                "verb + stop": ["can", "try to", "be going to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["know how to stop", "know when to stop"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to end an activity for a short time in order to do something",
            "sensetop": "stop for somethingstop to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm hungry. Let's stop for lunch.",
                    "contextForm": "stop for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stopped for the night in Port Augusta."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stopped to admire the scenery.",
                    "contextForm": "stop to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People just don't **stop to think** about the consequences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film really makes you stop and think."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you just stop and listen, it's amazing what you can hear."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to no longer be working or functioning; to make something be no longer working or functioning",
            "sensetop": "stop something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Why has the engine stopped?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What time is it? My watch has stopped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt as if my heart had stopped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you stop the printer once it’s started?",
                    "contextForm": "stop something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to stay somewhere for a short time, especially at somebody’s house",
            "sensetop": "stop for something",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm not stopping. I just came to give you this message."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you stop for tea?",
                    "contextForm": "stop for something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to prevent money from being paid",
            "sensetop": "stop somethingstop something from something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **stop a cheque** *(= tell the bank not to pay it)*",
                    "contextForm": "stop something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Employees of the failed company will have their wages stopped from tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dad threatened to stop £1 a week from our pocket money if we didn't clean our rooms.",
                    "contextForm": "stop something from something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to block, fill or close a hole, an opening, etc.",
            "sensetop": "stop something (up) (with something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Stop up the other end of the tube, will you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stopped my ears but still heard her cry out."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be willing to do anything to get what you want, even if it is dishonest or wrong",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She’ll stop at nothing to make money."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop measuring time in a game or an activity that has a time limit",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The question stopped Alice in her tracks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly stop, or make somebody suddenly stop, doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He stopped short when he heard his name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I’m pregnant,’ she said. That stopped him short."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be unwilling to do something because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She stopped short of calling the president a liar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The protest stopped short of a violent confrontation."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɒp/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stop__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɒps/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stops__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɒpt/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stopped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɒpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stopping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɑːp/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stop__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɑːps/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stops__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stɑːpt/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stopped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstɑːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stop/stopping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English (for)stoppian ‘block up (an aperture)’, of West Germanic origin; related to German stopfen, from late Latin stuppare ‘to stuff’."
}