DISCONTINUE


Meaning of DISCONTINUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdis-kən-ˈtin-(ˌ)yü ]

verb

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

Date: 14th century

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

Synonyms: see stop

• dis·con·tin·u·a·tion -kən-ˌtin-yə-ˈwā-shən, -yü-ˈā- noun

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