discontinue

dis·con·tin·ue

D0258900 (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.]

discontinue

(ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː) vb, -ues, -uing or -ued1. to come or bring to an end; interrupt or be interrupted; stop2. (Law) (tr) law to terminate or abandon (an action, suit, etc) ˌdisconˈtinuance n ˌdisconˌtinuˈation n ˌdisconˈtinuer n

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. [1400–50; < Medieval Latin discontinuāre. See dis-¹, continue]

discontinue

Past participle: discontinued
Gerund: discontinuing

Imperative
discontinue
discontinue

Present
I discontinue
you discontinue
he/she/it discontinues
we discontinue
you discontinue
they discontinue

Preterite
I discontinued
you discontinued
he/she/it discontinued
we discontinued
you discontinued
they discontinued

Present Continuous
I am discontinuing
you are discontinuing
he/she/it is discontinuing
we are discontinuing
you are discontinuing
they are discontinuing

Present Perfect
I have discontinued
you have discontinued
he/she/it has discontinued
we have discontinued
you have discontinued
they have discontinued

Past Continuous
I was discontinuing
you were discontinuing
he/she/it was discontinuing
we were discontinuing
you were discontinuing
they were discontinuing

Past Perfect
I had discontinued
you had discontinued
he/she/it had discontinued
we had discontinued
you had discontinued
they had discontinued

Future
I will discontinue
you will discontinue
he/she/it will discontinue
we will discontinue
you will discontinue
they will discontinue

Future Perfect
I will have discontinued
you will have discontinued
he/she/it will have discontinued
we will have discontinued
you will have discontinued
they will have discontinued

Future Continuous
I will be discontinuing
you will be discontinuing
he/she/it will be discontinuing
we will be discontinuing
you will be discontinuing
they will be discontinuing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been discontinuing
you have been discontinuing
he/she/it has been discontinuing
we have been discontinuing
you have been discontinuing
they have been discontinuing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been discontinuing
you will have been discontinuing
he/she/it will have been discontinuing
we will have been discontinuing
you will have been discontinuing
they will have been discontinuing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been discontinuing
you had been discontinuing
he/she/it had been discontinuing
we had been discontinuing
you had been discontinuing
they had been discontinuing

Conditional
I would discontinue
you would discontinue
he/she/it would discontinue
we would discontinue
you would discontinue
they would discontinue

Past Conditional
I would have discontinued
you would have discontinued
he/she/it would have discontinued
we would have discontinued
you would have discontinued
they would have discontinued

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	discontinue - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"cease, lay off, quit, stop, give upknock off, drop - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"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 stationsretire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending"close off, shut off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"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"preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
	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"expire, run out - lose validity; "My passports expired last month"continue, go on, keep, go along, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
	3.	discontinue - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"break off, stop, breakfracture - 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"bog down, bog - get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

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.

discontinue

verb1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation:arrest, belay, cease, check, halt, stall, stay, stop, surcease.Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to.2. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship:break off, cease, interrupt, suspend, terminate.3. To come to a cessation:arrest, belay, cease, check, halt, leave off, quit, stall, stop, surcease.Idiom: come to a halt.4. To cease trying to accomplish or continue:abandon, break off, desist, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, stop.Informal: swear off.Slang: lay off.Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel.

Translations

中止

discontinue

(diskənˈtinju) verb to stop or put an end to. I have discontinued my visits there.中止ˈdisconˌtinuˈation noun中断

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verb stop

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verb to prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation

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verb to stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship

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verb to come to a cessation

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verb to cease trying to accomplish or continue

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verb put an end to a state or an activity

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verb come to or be at an end

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verb prevent completion

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