HALT


Meaning of HALT in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

When a person or a vehicle ~s or when something ~s them, they stop moving in the direction they were going and stand still.

They ~ed at a short distance from the house...

She held her hand out flat, to ~ him.

VERB: V, V n

2.

When something such as growth, development, or activity ~s or when you ~ it, it stops completely.

Striking workers ~ed production at the auto plant yesterday...

The flow of assistance to Vietnam’s fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually ~ed.

VERB: V n, V

3.

‘Halt!’ is a military order to stop walking or marching and stand still.

The colonel ordered ‘Halt!’

VERB: only imper, V

4.

If someone calls a ~ to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.

The Russian government had called a ~ to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.

PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n

5.

If someone or something comes to a ~, they stop moving.

The elevator creaked to a ~ at the ground floor.

PHRASE: PHR after v

6.

If something such as growth, development, or activity comes or grinds to a ~ or is brought to a ~, it stops completely.

Her political career came to a ~ in December 1988...

PHRASE: PHR after v

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