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dis·con·tin·ue

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n-tin-yoo] Pronunciation Key verb, -tin·ued, -tin·u·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.

2.	to cease to take, use, subscribe to, etc.: to discontinue a newspaper.

3.	Law. to terminate or abandon (a suit, claim, or the like).

–verb (used without object)

4.	to come to an end or stop; cease; desist.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < AF discontinuer < ML discontinuāre. See dis-¹, continue

]

—Related forms

dis·con·tin·u·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See interrupt.

—Antonyms 1. resume.

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dis·con·tin·ue Audio Help   (dĭs'kən-tĭn'yōō) Pronunciation Key
v.   dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues

v.   tr.

To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: discontinued her visits to the museum; discontinued ferry service to the island.
To cease making or manufacturing: discontinued the sportscar in the 1960s.
To cease subscribing to (a publication).
Law To terminate (an action) by discontinuance.

v. intr.
To come to an end. See Synonyms at stop.

[Middle English discontinuen, from Old French descontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin continuāre, to continue; see continue.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
discontinue

1479, from O.Fr. discontinuer (14c.), from M.L. discontinuare, from dis- "not" + continuare "to continue."

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discontinue
verb
1.	put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [ant: bear on]
2.	come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" [ant: continue]
3.	prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" [syn: break]

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discontinue [diskənˈtinju] verb

to stop or put an end to
Example: I have discontinued my visits there.

Arabic:	يوقِف، يَقْطَع (الزِّيارات)
Chinese (Simplified):	中止
Chinese (Traditional):	中止
Czech:	přerušit
Danish:	afbryde; ophøre; indstille
Dutch:	bea aindigen
Estonian:	lakkama, lõpetama
Finnish:	keskeyttää, lopettaa
French:	interrompre
German:	unterbrechen
Greek:	σταματώ, διακόπτω
Hungarian:	abbahagy
Icelandic:	hætta, fella niður
Indonesian:	mengakhiri
Italian:	interrompere

Japanese:	中止する
Korean:	중단하다
Latvian:	izbeigt; pārtraukt
Lithuanian:	nutraukti
Norwegian:	avbryte, holde opp med, innstille
Polish:	przerwać, zaprzestać
Portuguese (Brazil):	interromper
Portuguese (Portugal):	interromper
Romanian:	a întrerupe
Russian:	прекращать
Slovak:	prerušiť
Slovenian:	prekiniti
Spanish:	interrumpir, suspender
Swedish:	avbryta, sluta (upphöra) med
Turkish:	son ver(dir)mek

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Discontinue

Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. --Bp. Burnet.

I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak.

Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel.

They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. --Holder.

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Discontinue

Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. i. 1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. --Bacon.

2. To be separated or severed; to part.

Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. --Jer. xvii. 4.

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