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Moderatestop
The correct spelling is stop.
How to pronounce stop
/stɒp/
nounIPA: /stɒp/
Say it like: Sto-p
The correct spelling is stop. A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. For example: "They agreed to meet at the bus stop."
Usage Examples
“They agreed to meet at the bus stop.”
“That stop was not planned.”
“door stop”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- 2.An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- 3.That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- 4.A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- 5.A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
verb
- 1.To cease moving.
- 2.To not continue.
- 3.To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- 4.To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
- 5.To cause (something) to come to an end.
adjective
- 1.Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
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