discontinue

UK/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnju/US/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnju/

verbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,662 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: discontinued, discontinuing, discontinues

To discontinue is to stop making or doing something for good. Discontinue the line, a discontinued model, discontinue the treatment.

In manufacturing it is the formal word, and a discontinued model is one that will get no more parts, which is why the announcement matters more than it sounds. In medicine, discontinue is the word on a prescription for stopping a drug.

Definitions of discontinue

1verbdiscontinueTo stop making or doing something for good.B2+
“The bus company will discontinue the late-night service to the village next month.”

discontinue is a stopping.

Where it comes from

Old French descontinuer, from dis- plus continue, from Latin continuare, to join together.

Old French
descontinuer
English, today
discontinue

From Old French descontinuer, equivalent to dis- + continue.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

discontinue in the wild

Fawcett would discontinue its comic publishing in 1953.
Master Man (Fawcett Comics)
The channel launched on September 7, 2001 and was discontinued on July 15, 2003.
Edge TV
The Canadian government convinced Newfoundland's government to discontinue the twenty-cent coin.
Newfoundland twenty-five cents
The ISU voted in 2010 to discontinue the OD, along with the CD, and to introduce the short dance (SD) as a replacement.
Original dance
Many patients discontinue the drug because of unwanted side effects.
Tridihexethyl

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