单词 | discontinue |
释义 | discontinue/dɪskənˈtɪnjuː![]() verb (discontinues, discontinuing, discontinued) [with object] 1Cease from doing or providing (something), especially something that has been provided on a regular basis: the ferry service was discontinued by the proprietors he discontinued his visits...
1.1Stop making (a particular product): their current top-of-the-range running shoe is being discontinued...
Synonyms stop, end, terminate, bring to an end, put an end to, put a stop to, wind up, finish, bring to a halt, call a halt to, cancel, drop, dispense with, do away with, get rid of, abolish; suspend, interrupt, break off, phase out, withdraw; abandon, give up, cease, refrain from informal cut, pull the plug on, axe, scrap, give something the chop, knock something on the head, leave off, pack in North American informal quit rare intermit no longer available, no longer produced, no longer manufactured; obsolete, no longer in existence 1.2Cease taking (a newspaper or periodical) or paying (a subscription).The e-mail subscriptions have been discontinued, probably permanently....
Derivativesdiscontinuance![]()
discontinuation![]()
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'interrupt, disrupt'): via Old French from medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- 'not' + continuare (see continue). |
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