discontinue
VerbUS[dih-skuhn-tin-yoo]/dɪskənˈtɪnju/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)discontinued, discontinuing
- put an end to a state or an activity“Quit teasing your little brother”Synonyms: stopceasegive upquitlay offbreakbreak offMore general end, terminateMore specific interrupt, close up, retire, drop out, separate, dismiss, drop, shut off, bog down, get off +11 more
- come to or be at an end“the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31”Opposite continueMore general end, stopMore specific run out, taper off, leave off
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis′con·tin′ue transitive verb [past tense & past participle Discontinued; present participle & verbal noun Discontinuing.]
Origin: 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. Gilbert Burnet
I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth.— William Shakespeare
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.— William Holder
Dis′con·tin′ue intransitive verb
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. To be separated or severed; to part.
Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.— Jer. xvii. 4.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54