discontinuation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

English continuation

English discontinuation

From dis- + continuation.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

discontinuation (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuations)

1. A breach or interruption of continuity.
   • 2017 May 9, Ryan Kilpatrick, “U.S. Navy Vows to Continue Challenging Beijing’s Claims in the South China Sea”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 January 2025:

     The apparent discontinuation of the operations since Trump took office sparked speculation that he may have agreed to back away from the issue in exchange for Chinese cooperation over North Korea.

   Synonyms: discontinuance, suspension

   1. (medicine) The process of quitting a course of treatment with a drug.
   2. The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.

Derived terms

• prediscontinuation

Related terms

• discontinue

Translations

interruption of continuity

• Bulgarian: прекъсване (bg) n (prekǎsvane)
• Catalan: discontinuació f
• French: discontinuation (fr) f
• Hindi: विरति (hi) f (virti)
• Polish: zaprzestanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: descontinuação f
• Spanish: descontinuación f, discontinuación f

quitting a course of treatment with a drug

• Polish: odstawienie n
• Portuguese: descontinuação f

stopping producing or supplying a product

• Portuguese: descontinuação f
• Spanish: descontinuación f, discontinuación f