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The correct spelling is halts.
How to pronounce halts
/hɑlts/
verbIPA: /hɑlts/
Say it like: Hal-ts
The correct spelling is halts. 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.To limp; move with a limping gait.
- 2.To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- 3.To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- 4.To waver.
- 5.To falter.
noun
- 1.A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
- 2.A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
- 3.Lameness; a limp.
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