halt

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
  2. noun the event of something ending
  3. noun an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

Etymology

From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.

In classic literature

Synonyms

arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

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