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halt

The correct spelling is halt.

How to pronounce halt

/hɔːlt/
verb

IPA: /hɔːlt/

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The correct spelling is halt. To limp; move with a limping gait. For example: "The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."

Usage Examples

The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.

The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To limp; move with a limping gait.
  2. 2.To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  3. 3.To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
  4. 4.To waver.
  5. 5.To falter.

noun

  1. 1.A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
  2. 2.A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
  3. 3.Lameness; a limp.

adjective

  1. 1.Lame, limping.

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