discontinue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put an end to a state or an activity
    quit; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
    • Quit teasing your little brother
  2. verb come to or be at an end
    • the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
  3. verb prevent completion
    break; stop; break off.
    • stop the project
    • break off the negotiations

WordNet

Dis`con*tin"ue transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. discontinuer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Discontinued ; present participle & verbal noun Discontinuing
Definitions
  1. To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.
    Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet.
    I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak.
    Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel.
    They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.
Dis`con*tin"ue intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
  2. To be separated or severed; to part.
    Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.

Webster 1913