discontinue

See also: discontinué and discontinúe

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French descontinuer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪskənˈtɪnju/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

1. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.

   They plan to discontinue that design.

   • Shakespeare

     I have discontinued school / Above a twelvemonth.

   • Daniel

     Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.

   • Holder

     They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.

Synonyms

• terminate
• break off

Antonyms

• continue

Translations

to stop a process

• Bulgarian: прекъсвам (bg) (prekǎsvam), преустановявам (bg) (preustanovjavam)
• Czech: zastavit (cs), zrušit (cs)
• Dutch: stopzetten (nl), beëindigen (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉesigi
• Finnish: lopettaa (fi) (valmistus, tuotanto etc.), poistaa (fi) (valikoimasta, myynnistä, tuotannosta, varastosta etc.)
• French: discontinuer (fr)
• Hungarian: abbahagy (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: cesigar (io)
• Italian: interrompere (it), cessare (it)
• Japanese: 打ち切る (uchikiru)
• Maori: keremutu
• Portuguese: descontinuar
• Scottish Gaelic: leig seachad
• Spanish: retirar (es)

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French

Adjective

discontinue

1. feminine singular of discontinu

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Italian

Adjective

discontinue

1. feminine plural of discontinuo