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dis·con·tin·ue
(dĭs′kən-tĭn′yo͞o)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. See Synonyms at stop.
2. To cease making or manufacturing: discontinued the sports car in the 1960s.
3. To cease subscribing to (a publication).
4. Law
a. To agree to dismiss (an action).
b. To fail to proceed in (an action).
v.intr.
To come to an end.
[Middle English discontinuen, from Old French descontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin continuāre, to continue; see continue.]
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discontinue
(ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː)vb, -ues, -uing or -ued
1. to come or bring to an end; interrupt or be interrupted; stop
2. (Law) (tr) law to terminate or abandon (an action, suit, etc)
ˌdisconˈtinuance n
ˌdisconˌtinuˈation n
ˌdisconˈtinuer n
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dis•con•tin•ue
(ˌdɪs kənˈtɪn yu)v. -tin•ued, -tin•u•ing. v.t.
1. to put an end to; stop; terminate.
2. to cease using, producing, subscribing to, etc.
3. to terminate or abandon (a lawsuit, claim, or the like).
v.i. 4. to come to an end or stop; cease; desist.
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discontinue
Past participle: discontinued
Gerund: discontinuing
| Imperative |
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| discontinue |
| discontinue |
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| Verb | 1. | discontinue - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" leave off - stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending" cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" break - give up; "break cigarette smoking" |
| 2. | discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" fizzle, fizzle out, peter out, taper off - end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" leave off - come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started" | |
| 3. | discontinue - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
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discontinue
verb stop, end, finish, drop, kick (informal), give up, abandon, suspend, quit, halt, pause, cease, axe (informal), interrupt, terminate, break off, put an end to, refrain from, leave off, pull the plug on, belay (Nautical) Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor.
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discontinue
verb1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation:
2. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship:
3. To come to a cessation:
Idiom: come to a halt.
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Translations
يوقِف، يَقْطَع
přerušit
afbrydeindstilleophøre
abkündigenunterbrechen
abbahagy
hætta, fella niîur
izbeigtpārtraukt
son ver mek
discontinue
[ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː] VT [+ production, payment] → suspender; [+ practice] → abandonar (Comm) [+ product] → dejar de fabricar (Med) [+ treatment] → interrumpir, suspender"discontinued" (Comm) → "fin de serie"
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
discontinue
[ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː] vt [+ plan, practice, treatment, payments, service] → cesser, interrompreCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
discontinue
vt → aufgeben; class, conversation, treatment → abbrechen; project → abbrechen, aufgeben; use → beenden; (Comm) line → auslaufen lassen, die Produktion einstellen von; production → einstellen; (Jur) case, proceedings → einstellen; a discontinued line (Comm) → eine ausgelaufene Serie
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
discontinue
[ˈdɪskənˈtɪnjuː] vt → interrompere, cessare (Comm) discontinued line → articolo fuori produzioneCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
discontinue
(diskənˈtinju) verb to stop or put an end to. I have discontinued my visits there.
ˈdisconˌtinuˈation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
discontinue
v. suspender, interrumpir, descontinuar;
to ___ the medication → ___ la medicina.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
discontinue
vt suspender, (a catheter, monitor, etc.) retirarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.