halts
Because it is a word with a single syllable, halts is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofhalts
- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
- A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
Example: "The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."
- A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
Example: "The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works."
- To stop marching.
- To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- To bring to a stop.
- To cause to discontinue.
Example: "The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."
- Lameness; a limp.
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