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to discontinue
01
to stop something from happening, being produced, or used any longer
Transitive: to discontinue an activity or service
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
discontinue
3rd person singular
discontinues
Present participle
discontinuing
Past simple
discontinued
Past participle
discontinued
Examples
The company decided to discontinue the production of that model due to low demand.
02
to stop happening or existing
Intransitive
Examples
The service will discontinue at the end of the month.
Lexical Tree
discontinue
continue
