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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·con·tin·ue       [dis-kuhn-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]

dis·con·tin·u·er, noun

1. See interrupt.
1. resume.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·con·tin·ue       (dĭs'kən-tĭn'yōō)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues

v.   tr.
  1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: discontinued her visits to the museum; discontinued ferry service to the island.
  2. To cease making or manufacturing: discontinued the sportscar in the 1960s.
  3. To cease subscribing to (a publication).
  4. 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.]

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
discontinued

adjective
stopped permanently or temporarily; "discontinued models"; "a discontinued magazine"; "a discontinued conversation" [ant: continued

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