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# stopping

«stopping» in Mova's school dictionary: **coming to an end or no longer moving: The bus is stopping** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (present participle of stop: stop, stops, stopped, stopping); noun (stopping, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stopping means coming to an end or no longer moving: The bus is stopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#m1)

2) Stopping can mean making someone or something stop: stopping the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#m2)

3) Stopping can mean staying somewhere for a short time: We are stopping at Gran's tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, stopping a moving object needs a force (brakes use friction); a fast car needs a longer stopping distance, especially on wet or icy roads, which is why you must never step out in front of traffic. In stories, stopping shows a pause in action. Phrases: stopping distance, without stopping, non-stop, stopping by.

### examples

- The train is stopping at the next station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x1)
- Rain is not stopping soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x2)
- Cars need a long stopping distance on wet roads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x3)
- The goalkeeper is good at stopping penalties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x4)
- He ran without stopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x5)
- We are stopping at a café for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x6)
- Brakes make the bike stop by friction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x7)
- Thank you for stopping by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/#x8)

### note

Double p: stopping, stopped. «Stop doing» means you no longer do it (stop eating); «stop to do» means you pause in order to do something (stop to eat). In maths/science, stopping distance = thinking distance + braking distance.

### In the corpora

- [Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/16/)
- [The third swallow tried «stopping on» one year: «O the weary length of the nights!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/13/)
- [River come to», or «the rain is stopping, come down to the river».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/11/)
- ["Fell off the wagon" means started drinking again after stopping.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/14/)
- [Stopping over a longer time makes a landing or a bump gentler.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stopping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.