discontinue
verb/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they discontinue | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ |
| he / she / it discontinues | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːz/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːz/ |
| past simple discontinued | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ |
| past participle discontinued | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːd/ |
| -ing form discontinuing | /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ |
- discontinue (doing) something to stop doing, using or providing something, especially something that you have been doing, using or providing regularly
- It was decided to discontinue the treatment after three months.
- The company has discontinued the practice of providing the staff with free lunches.
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- [usually passive] discontinue something to stop making a product
- a sale of discontinued china
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘interrupt, disrupt’): via Old French from medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- ‘not’ + continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’.
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