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		discontinuediscontinue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnyu/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdiscontinue |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | discontinue |   | he, she, it | discontinues |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | discontinued |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have discontinued |   | he, she, it | has discontinued |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had discontinued |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will discontinue |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have discontinued |  
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 | Present | I | am discontinuing |   | he, she, it | is discontinuing |   | you, we, they | are discontinuing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was discontinuing |   | you, we, they | were discontinuing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been discontinuing |   | he, she, it | has been discontinuing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been discontinuing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be discontinuing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been discontinuing |  
    THESAURUSnot continue► stop to not continue something or not continue happening, or to make someone or something not continue or not happen:  Can we stop now? I’m tired. By noon the rain had stopped. ► give up to stop doing something because it is harmful or not healthy:  Sheryl gave up eating dessert for a month. ► abandon formal to stop doing something because there are too many problems:  Helicopters had to abandon the search because of bad weather conditions. ► discontinue formal to stop doing something that has been done or has been happening regularly for a while:  Doctors decided to discontinue his treatment because it was not working. ► cease formal to stop doing something:  The organization ceased to exist in 2009. ► end to make a situation or a process that is happening stop:  She told him she wanted to end their relationship. ► put an end to something to stop something, especially so that it never starts again:  The new evidence should put an end to rumors about his guilt. ► halt to make something stop changing, developing, or making progress. Used especially in writing:  What can be done to halt the spread of the disease?    to stop doing, producing, or providing something:  The airline plans to discontinue daily flights from L.A. to Osaka.► see thesaurus at stop1—discontinued adjective:  a discontinued china pattern—discontinuance noun [uncountable]—discontinuation /ˌdɪskəntɪnyuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  |