stop

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where a bus or train regularly halts to let passengers on and off.

   The next stop is Atlanta.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of stopping, or a pause in movement or activity.

   The car came to a sudden stop at the bottom of the hill.

3. 3
   noun

   A short stay during a journey.

   They made a stop to visit their friends on the way.

4. 4
   noun

   A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a sentence; a full stop.

   In England they call a period a full stop.

Common collocations

• bus stop Adjective + noun
• full stop Adjective + noun
• come to a stop Verb + noun
• make a stop Verb + noun
• complete stop Adjective + noun
• bring to a stop Verb + noun
• stop an engine Verb + noun

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish stop…

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