stop

To end your movement and stay in one place.

• Please stop here.
• The bus stopped outside the school.
• We stopped at the red light.

How to use it: stop at something (The train stops at every station.)

Similar words: halt

Opposites: move

Common phrases: stop here, stop suddenly, stop at something

To prevent someone or something from moving forward or doing something.

• The police stopped our car.
• A locked gate stopped us from entering.
• Nothing could stop her from reaching the top.

How to use it: stop someone/something from doing something (The rain stopped us from playing outside.)

Similar words: prevent, block, halt

Opposites: allow

Common phrases: stop someone, stop a car, stop someone from

To no longer do an activity that you were doing.

• Stop talking, please.
• She stopped working at six.
• Have you stopped eating meat?

How to use it: stop doing something (He stopped smoking last year.)

Similar words: quit, cease

Opposites: continue, start

Common phrases: stop smoking, stop talking, stop doing something, stop fighting

To make an event, process, or action come to an end.

• Stop the machine!
• The referee stopped the fight.
• We used a clean cloth to stop the bleeding.

Similar words: end, halt

Opposites: start

Common phrases: stop a fight, stop the bleeding, stop the machine

To come to an end and no longer continue.

• The rain has stopped.
• The noise stopped when we closed the window.
• Has the bleeding stopped yet?

Similar words: end, cease

Opposites: continue, start

Common phrases: stop completely, stop suddenly, stop eventually

A place where a bus, tram, or other vehicle lets people get on or off.

• I am waiting at the bus stop.
• Get off at the next stop.
• There are three stops before the hospital.

Common phrases: bus stop, tram stop, next stop

A short break during a journey when you stay in one place.

• We made a stop for lunch.
• The trip included two short stops.
• Our next stop lasted half an hour.

Similar words: break, pause, halt

Common phrases: make a stop, brief stop, coffee stop

A piece that prevents something from moving beyond a certain point.

• A rubber stop keeps the door open.
• The stops prevent the drawers from sliding out.
• He fitted a metal stop behind the gate.

Similar words: stopper

Common phrases: door stop, rubber stop, adjustable stop