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Definition and meaning of discontinue
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discontinue (v. trans.)
1.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"
2.prevent completion"stop the project" "break off the negotiations"
3.put an end to a state or an activity"Quit teasing your little brother"
4.come to or be at an end"the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"
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Merriam Webster
DiscontinueDis`con*tin"ue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] [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. Burnet.
I have discontinued school
Above a twelvemonth. Shak.
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. Holder.
DiscontinueDis`con*tin"ue, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
2. To be separated or severed; to part.
Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.
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Analogical dictionary
discontinue (v. tr.)
alter, change, modify[Hyper.]
close, conclusion, ending, termination - end - end, final stage, last - death, destruction, end - end, ending - terminative[Dérivé]
cease, end, finish, stop, terminate[Cause]
begin, commence, get, get/set to work, get down, set about, set out, start, start out, take to - begin, commence, lead off, start[Ant.]
discontinue (v. tr.)
discontinue (v. tr.)
cesser de faire qqch (fr)[Classe]
discontinue (v. tr.)
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