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discontinue

verb
dis·​con·​tin·​ue | \ ˌdis-kən-ˈtin-(ˌ)yü How to pronounce discontinue (audio) \
discontinued; discontinuing; discontinues

Definition of discontinue

transitive verb

1 : to break the continuity of : cease to operate, administer, use, produce, or take
2 : to abandon or terminate by a legal discontinuance

intransitive verb

: to come to an end
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Other Words from discontinue

discontinuation \ ˌdis-​kən-​ˌtin-​yə-​ˈwā-​shən How to pronounce discontinuation (audio) , -​yü-​ˈā-​ \ noun

Choose the Right Synonym for discontinue

stop, cease, quit, discontinue, desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity. stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness. stopped at the red light cease applies to states, conditions, or existence and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality. by nightfall the fighting had ceased quit may stress either finality or abruptness in stopping or ceasing. the engine faltered, sputtered, then quit altogether discontinue applies to the stopping of an accustomed activity or practice. we have discontinued the manufacture of that item desist implies forbearance or restraint as a motive for stopping or ceasing. desisted from further efforts to persuade them

Examples of discontinue in a Sentence

He discontinued his visits to the psychiatrist. She chose to discontinue her studies. The company has announced that the current model will be discontinued next year. They are planning to discontinue bus service between the two towns.
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Recent Examples on the Web

 The company said a visible setting for that feature will be discontinued. — Rachel Metz, CNN, "Facebook rolls out face recognition to all users but says it will be off by default," 3 Sep. 2019 City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office, representing Sheriff Vicki Hennessy, who oversees the city’s jails, argued that the judge should instead discontinue the bail system for all cases and leave postarrest release decisions up to individual judges. — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, "Judge losing patience with SF on bail fight," 23 Aug. 2019 The automaker confirmed that the VW Golf SportWagen and the VW Golf Alltrack will be discontinued after the 2019 model year. — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, "Is the wagon dead? Volkswagen kills two more wagon vehicles in favor of SUVs," 18 July 2019 O’Neill said the funding should be completely discontinued the following year. — Hillary Davis, latimes.com, "2 Newport Beach merchants associations lose half their city grants," 27 June 2019 But the survey was discontinued after President Trump took office in 2017. — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, "New report: California has five times more clean energy jobs than fossil fuel jobs," 20 Aug. 2019 The once-annual rivalry was discontinued after the 1987 meeting. — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, "Rivalry renewed: Reliving the Miami Hurricanes’ five wins over the Florida Gators since 2000," 18 Aug. 2019 The Amber Alert was discontinued Wednesday afternoon. — Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, "Amber Alert discontinued after Texas teen found safe in Oklahoma," 14 Aug. 2019 Housing subsidies that allowed evacuees to live elsewhere have been discontinued. — Los Angeles Times, "Can 2020 Summer Olympics help Fukushima rebound from nuclear disaster?," 12 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of discontinue

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology for discontinue

Middle English, from Anglo-French discontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- + continuare to continue

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discontinue

verb
How to pronounce discontinue (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of discontinue

: to end (something)
: to stop making or offering (a product, service, etc.)

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discontinue

verb
dis·​con·​tin·​ue | \ ˌdis-kən-ˈtin-yü How to pronounce discontinue (audio) \
discontinued; discontinuing

Kids Definition of discontinue

: to bring to an end : stop She discontinued her weekly visits.

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