discontinue
Syllables: dis·con·tin·ue/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnju/
discontinue verb: to interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
Verb
discontinue (third-person singular simple present discontinues, present participle discontinuing, simple past and past participle discontinued)
- To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- They plan to discontinue that design.
- I have discontinued school
Above a twelvemonth.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To consciously cease the ingestion or administration of (a pharmaceutical drug).
- AZT, the only AIDS treatment fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is extremely toxic, and many people with AIDS cannot cake it or must discontinue taking it after some period of time.1989 April 8, Judy Harris, “Fenway to Administer Peptide T”, in Gay Community News, page 3
discontinue meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Vietnamese
discontinue in Tamil
- இடைக்கணை முறி, இடைக்கண் முறி, இடைநிறுத்து, இடையில் நின்றுவிடு, தொடர்பறு, தொடர்பை நிறுத்து
discontinue in Malayalam
- end, stop, terminate
- തുടരാതിരിക്കുക, നിറുത്തുക, നിർത്തുക, ഇടയ്ക്കുവച്ചു നിർത്തുക, അവസാനിപ്പിക്ക, നിറുത്തിവയ്ക്കുക
discontinue in Kannada
- ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸು, ಮುಂದುವರಿಸದಿರು, ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿಬಿಡು
discontinue in Vietnamese
- stop a process
- khai tử
Examples of discontinue in a sentence
- Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.1603, Samuel Daniel, A Defence of Rime:
- They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech:
- Passenger traffic was subsequently discontinued, and early in the recent war a considerable amount of the permanent way at the Treforest end of the railway was taken up.1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 52:
- Every bill more valuable than $100 was officially discontinued. (They’d stopped being printed decades earlier, but many had kept circulating.)2019 July 3, Mike D'Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck blunder through a heavy heist in J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier”, in AV Club...
Synonyms of discontinue
Antonyms
Forms of discontinue
| third-person singular present | discontinues |
|---|---|
| present participle | discontinuing |
| past participle | discontinued |
| past | discontinued |
Origin of discontinue
From Old French descontinuer, equivalent to dis- + continue.
Words formed from discontinue
Questions about discontinue
- What does discontinue mean?
- Discontinue means to interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
- What is discontinue in Tamil?
- Discontinue in Tamil is இடைக்கணை முறி, இடைக்கண் முறி, இடைநிறுத்து. See Discontinue meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use discontinue in a sentence?
- Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
- What part of speech is discontinue?
- Discontinue is a verb.
- How do you pronounce discontinue?
- Discontinue is pronounced /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnju/.
- What is the past tense of discontinue?
- The past tense of discontinue is discontinued.
Words near discontinue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: discontinue (page history and authors); discontinue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discontinue (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); discontinue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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