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CCTV /siː siː tiː viː / N‑UNCOUNT CCTV is an abbreviation for 'closed-circuit television'. □  …a CCTV camera. □  The girls were filmed on CCTV.

CD ◆◇◇ /siː diː / (CDs ) N‑COUNT CDs are small plastic discs on which sound, especially music, can be recorded. CDs can also be used to store information which can be read by a computer. CD is an abbreviation for 'compact disc'. □  The Beatles' Red and Blue compilations were issued on CD for the first time.

C D burn|er (CD burners ) N‑COUNT A CD burner is the same as a CD writer . [COMPUTING ]

C.diff /siː d I f/ N‑UNCOUNT C.diff is an abbreviation for Clostridium difficile . [MEDICAL ]

C D play|er ◆◇◇ (CD players ) N‑COUNT A CD player is a machine on which you can play CDs.

Cdr in AM, also use CDR N‑TITLE Cdr is the written abbreviation for commander when it is used as a title. □  …Cdr A.C. Moore.

CD-ROM ◆◇◇ /siː diː rɒ m/ (CD-ROMs ) N‑COUNT A CD-ROM is a CD on which a very large amount of information can be stored and then read using a computer. CD-ROM is an abbreviation for 'compact disc read-only memory'. [COMPUTING ] □  The collected Austen novels on CD-ROM will cost £35.

CD-ROM drive /siː diː rɒ m dra I v/ (CD-ROM drives ) N‑COUNT A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs. [COMPUTING ]

C D writ|er (CD writers ) N‑COUNT A CD writer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a CD. [COMPUTING ]

CE / siː iː / Many people now use CE in dates to indicate a number of years or centuries after AD 1 or after the year in which Jesus is believed to have been born. Compare BCE . □  Christianity was adopted in 324 CE as the official religion of the Roman Empire. □  The language was practically extinct by the sixth century CE.

cease ◆◇◇ /siː s/ (ceases , ceasing , ceased )

1 VERB If something ceases , it stops happening or existing. [FORMAL ] □ [V ] At one o'clock the rain had ceased.

2 VERB If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. [FORMAL ] □ [V to-inf] He never ceases to amaze me. □ [V v-ing] A small number of firms have ceased trading.

3 VERB If you cease something, you stop it happening or working. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The Daily Herald ceased publication, to be replaced by The Sun. SYNONYMS cease VERB 2

stop:Stop throwing those stones!

discontinue:Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor.

end:Talks have resumed to try to end the fighting.

finish:As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself.

cease|fire ◆◇◇ /siː sfa I ə ^r / (ceasefires ) also cease-fire N‑COUNT A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting. □  They have agreed to a ceasefire after three years of conflict.

cease|less /siː sləs/ ADJ If something, often something unpleasant, is ceaseless , it continues for a long time without stopping or changing. [FORMAL ] □  There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night. ●  cease|less|ly ADV [usu ADV with v] □  The characters complain ceaselessly about food queues, prices and corruption.

ce|dar /siː də ^r / (cedars ) N‑VAR A cedar or a cedar tree is a large evergreen tree with wide branches and small thin leaves called needles. ● N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Cedar is the wood of this tree. □  The yacht is built of cedar strip planking.