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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)

stop

/stɒp/

verb1 of 2

to finish moving or to come to an end

  • “It is beyond the point when anyone can stop him.”Tatoeba
  • “It was so horrible, I almost stopped breathing from fear.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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