What does halting mean?

Definitions for halting
ˈhɔl tɪŋhalt·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameadjective

    disabled in the feet or legs

    "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

  2. haltingadjective

    fragmentary or halting from emotional strain

    "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"

Wiktionary

  1. haltingadjective

    prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken

ChatGPT

  1. halting

    Halting, in computer science, generally refers to a specific problem known as the halting problem. It is the problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running, or continue to run forever. In more general context, halting means to stop moving or operating.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Halting

    of Hail

  2. Halting

    of Halt

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Anagrams for halting »

  1. lathing

  2. Althing

  3. thingal

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of halting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of halting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of halting in a Sentence

  1. John Horning:

    This is where science meets policy, we realized, as a society, that a particular human action was threatening this iconic species, so we began to phase out DDT and that, combined with habitat protection and even halting hunting, are the main reasons that bald eagles have done so well.

  2. Margaret Chan:

    If we are to make any headway in halting the rise in diabetes, we need to rethink our daily lives: to eat healthily, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain, even in the poorest settings, governments must ensure that people are able to make these healthy choices and that health systems are able to diagnose and treat people with diabetes.

  3. American Express:

    This is in addition to the previous steps we have taken, which include halting our relationships with banks in Russia impacted by the American Express and international government sanctions.

  4. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga:

    The government would like to ask for fairness and transparency in the Memory of the World program so that it would not be used for political purposes, as for Japan's (financial) contribution (to UNESCO), we plan to look into all possibilities and revisions, including halting payments.

  5. President Barack Obama:

    Oil will still be produced in Alberta, Canada, and shipped by rail or piped elsewhere, by halting the Keystone Pipeline the President is eliminating an opportunity for America to be more reliant on trusted North American friends and less reliant on other places - many of whom do not respect or share our values.

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