Halt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Intransitive Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 Interjection 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 2 1.5.1 Verb 1.5.2 Adjective 1.5.3 Usage note 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 3 Hungarian 3.1 Verb form

English

Etymology

Middle High German halt (imperative of halten); Old High German haltan. (Eng. usg. ca. 1598 in one sense, the intransitive verb sense wasn't used until 1656)

Intransitive Verb

to halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past halted, past participle halted)

1. to stop either temporarily or permanently
2. to cause something to stop
   • The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
3. to waver or be hesitant

Translations

• Finnish: pysähtyä (1), pysäyttää (2)

Noun

Halt (plural Halts)

1. a cessation either temporary or permanent
   • The contract negotiations put a halt on operations.

Interjection

Halt!

1. Stop!

Translations

• Finnish: seis

Etymology 2

As used before the 12th century. From the Old English healt.

Verb

1. to proceed lamely
2. to waver
3. to falter

Adjective

1. lame.

Usage note

Military squad leaders use halt as a command to stop troops that are moving in formation. Also used in command to persons about to enter a guarded area, or to stop a fleeing enemy or prisoner.

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Danish

Adjective

halt

1. lame

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Hungarian

Verb form

halt (past of the verb hal)

1. diedfr:halt

io:halt it:halt hu:halt pl:halt zh:halt