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stopped

Adjective CEFR A2 Common
stɑpt

Definitions

  1. Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
  2. arrested
  3. In the state resulting from having stopped.
  4. Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  5. thorough, careful
  6. In a well-pruned state.
  7. detainee
  8. Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
  9. prisoner, arrested person

Equivalents

Españoldetenido
Deutschangehalten
Portuguêsparado
3 more languages
العربيةمتوقفمعطل
Češtinazadržený
Bahasa Indonesiaterhenti

Examples

“We were stopped for more than three hours!”
They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.”
“A stopped clock is right twice a day.”
“þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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