halt
A cessation, either temporary or permanentA cessation, either temporary or permanent.
» The train was brought to a sudden halt.
Потяг миттєво зупинився. — deniko
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4 senses(obsolete)A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
Halt, Blockierung, Pause
(obsolete)A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
Halteplatz, Haltestelle
полустанокpolustanok
(dated, obsolete)Lameness; a limp.
(Ireland, UK, obsolete)A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the event of something ending
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
Examples
77 sentencesThe train was brought to a sudden halt.
Потяг миттєво зупинився. — deniko
Tom stomped on the brake pedal and screeched to a halt.
ruТом вдавил педаль тормоза в пол и с визгом затормозил. — odexed
Tom's car screeched to a halt.
Traffic has been halted.
As the train came to a halt, all of the passengers wondered what was happening.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“tFrom Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
Borrowed from French halte. See also Etymology 2.
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