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Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies.
Jonathan Mayhew

Meaning of "discontinue" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISCONTINUE

discontinue  [ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCONTINUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Discontinue is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb discontinue in English.

WHAT DOES DISCONTINUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Discontinuation

Discontinuation is the process of quitting a procedure, such as, the course of treatment with a drug or a consumer product line.

Definition of discontinue in the English dictionary

The definition of discontinue in the dictionary is to come or bring to an end; interrupt or be interrupted; stop. Other definition of discontinue is to terminate or abandon.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCONTINUE

PRESENT

Present
I discontinue
you discontinue
he/she/it discontinues
we discontinue
you discontinue
they discontinue
Present continuous
I am discontinuing
you are discontinuing
he/she/it is discontinuing
we are discontinuing
you are discontinuing
they are discontinuing
Present perfect
I have discontinued
you have discontinued
he/she/it has discontinued
we have discontinued
you have discontinued
they have discontinued
Present perfect continuous
I have been discontinuing
you have been discontinuing
he/she/it has been discontinuing
we have been discontinuing
you have been discontinuing
they have been discontinuing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I discontinued
you discontinued
he/she/it discontinued
we discontinued
you discontinued
they discontinued
Past continuous
I was discontinuing
you were discontinuing
he/she/it was discontinuing
we were discontinuing
you were discontinuing
they were discontinuing
Past perfect
I had discontinued
you had discontinued
he/she/it had discontinued
we had discontinued
you had discontinued
they had discontinued
Past perfect continuous
I had been discontinuing
you had been discontinuing
he/she/it had been discontinuing
we had been discontinuing
you had been discontinuing
they had been discontinuing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will discontinue
you will discontinue
he/she/it will discontinue
we will discontinue
you will discontinue
they will discontinue
Future continuous
I will be discontinuing
you will be discontinuing
he/she/it will be discontinuing
we will be discontinuing
you will be discontinuing
they will be discontinuing
Future perfect
I will have discontinued
you will have discontinued
he/she/it will have discontinued
we will have discontinued
you will have discontinued
they will have discontinued
Future perfect continuous
I will have been discontinuing
you will have been discontinuing
he/she/it will have been discontinuing
we will have been discontinuing
you will have been discontinuing
they will have been discontinuing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would discontinue
you would discontinue
he/she/it would discontinue
we would discontinue
you would discontinue
they would discontinue
Conditional continuous
I would be discontinuing
you would be discontinuing
he/she/it would be discontinuing
we would be discontinuing
you would be discontinuing
they would be discontinuing
Conditional perfect
I would have discontinue
you would have discontinue
he/she/it would have discontinue
we would have discontinue
you would have discontinue
they would have discontinue
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been discontinuing
you would have been discontinuing
he/she/it would have been discontinuing
we would have been discontinuing
you would have been discontinuing
they would have been discontinuing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you discontinue
we let´s discontinue
you discontinue
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to discontinue
Past participle
discontinued
Present Participle
discontinuing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCONTINUE


Agnew
ˈæɡnjuː
anew
əˈnjuː
avenue
ˈævɪˌnjuː
continue
kənˈtɪnjuː
enew
ɪˈnjuː
insinew
ɪnˈsɪnjuː
knew
njuː
menu
ˈmɛnjuː
nearly-new
ˌnɪəlɪˈnjuː
new
njuː
nu
njuː
recontinue
ˌriːkənˈtɪnjuː
renew
rɪˈnjuː
revenue
ˈrɛvɪˌnjuː
sinew
ˈsɪnjuː
sub-menu
ˈsʌbmɛnjuː
tenue
təˈnjuː
unsinew
ʌnˈsɪnjuː
venue
ˈvɛnjuː
vinew
ˈvɪnjuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCONTINUE

disconsolateness
disconsolation
discontent
discontented
discontentedly
discontentedness
discontentful
discontentment
discontiguity
discontiguous
discontinuance
discontinuation
discontinued
discontinuer
discontinuing
discontinuities
discontinuity
discontinuous
discontinuously
discontinuousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCONTINUE

Benue
change of venue
detinue
inconnue
ingenue
Inland Revenue
internal revenue
Madison Avenue
parvenue
retinue
sales revenue
tax revenue

Synonyms and antonyms of discontinue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISCONTINUE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «discontinue» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of discontinue

Translation of «discontinue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISCONTINUE

Find out the translation of discontinue to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of discontinue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «discontinue» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中断
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

interrumpir
570 millions of speakers

English

discontinue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وقف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прекратить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interromper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

থামা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interrompre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hentikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einstellen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中止する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중단하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Discontinue
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுத்தும்படியும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खंडित करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

durdurmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interrompere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerwać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

припинити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întrerupe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακόψει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avbryta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avvikle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of discontinue

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCONTINUE»

The term «discontinue» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.974 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCONTINUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «discontinue» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «discontinue» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about discontinue

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «DISCONTINUE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word discontinue.
1
Jonathan Mayhew
Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies.
2
Manmohan Singh
Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCONTINUE»

Discover the use of discontinue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discontinue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: alphabetically ...
leave" or " be at liberty to discontinue," and thereupon dis* charged the rule. The action brought in the K. B. appeared to be vexatious, and plaintiff, by discharging the rule to discontinue, had an opportunity of pleading the action in C. B., still ...
Charles Viner, 1791
2
Assessment with the WAIS-IV
In a reverse sequence, you may reach item 1 and the individual still does not have (a) two consecutive items with perfect scores or (b) the number of consecutive scores of 0 specified in the discontinue criterion (i.e., two, three, or four scores of ...
Jerome M. Sattler, Joseph J. Ryan, 2009
3
The White Book Service 2012
Right to discontinue claim 38.2—(1) A claimant may discontinue all or part of a claim at any time. (2) However— (a) a claimant must obtain the permission of the court if he wishes to discontinue all or part of a claim in relation to which— 38.2 ...
4
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the ...
... venlafaxine, extended release SSRIs; bupropion; reboxetine Lower dose; discontinue medication; fludrocortisone; add salt to diet Discontinue medication Discontinue medication Lower dose; discontinue medication Discontinue medication; ...
American Psychiatric Association, 2006
5
The Code of procedure of the State of New York, as amended ...
enter an order to discontinue on payment of costs, at any time before an interlocutory or final decree has been made (Averill v. Patterton, 10 N. Y. 500; Schenck v. Fancher, 14 How. 95 ; Burnett v. Westfall, 16 id. 430 ; Cooke v. Beach, 25 id.
New York (State), John Townshend, 1870
6
A selection of pleadings in civil actions
In what cases the plaintiff may not discontinue without the defendant's consent. The plaintiff cannot discontinue after a general verdict, whether for or against him ; for, if that was permitted, he might have as many- trials as he pleased. Salk. 178  ...
Joseph Story, Benjamin Lynde Oliver, 1829
7
Plastic Surgery: Breast
Discontinue 2—3 weeks before surgery. Resume 2 weeks after surgery. Discontinue 2—3 weeks before surgery. Resume 2 weeks after surgery. Discontinue 2—3 weeks before surgery. Resume 2 weeks after surgery. Discontinue 2—3 weeks ...
James C. Grotting, Peter C. Neligan, Allen Van Beek, 2012
8
Blackstone's Civil Practice 2013: The Commentary
Chapter. 53. Discontinuance. 53.1 Introduction 53.2 Distinction between discontinuing and abandoning 53.3 What may be discontinued 53.4 Permission to discontinue 53.5 Procedure for discontinuing 53.6 Setting asidenoticeof ...
Prof Stuart Sime, Derek French, 2012
9
Giftedness 101
Had the examiner adhered faithfully to the discontinue guidelines, neither child would have qualified for placement in a gifted program. The WAIS-IV also has shorter discontinue criteria than the WAIS-III. If an examinee can answer items ...
Linda Silverman PhD, 2012
10
The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench: And Common ...
A rule to discontinue * may be had either before or after declaration h ; Rule to disc-on- and it is usually granted upon payment of costs '. An executor or admi- ^ft "^^^^,. nistrator is liable to costs upon a discontinuance, when he has knowingly ...
William Tidd, 1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCONTINUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discontinue is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nintendo Of Japan To Discontinue 'Splatoon' Amiibo 3-Pack, Could …
Having a hard time finding the rare "Splatoon" Amiibo Triple Pack? Well, you better look a little harder because the pack may be going the way ... «Design & Trend, Jul 15»
2
Harford County Sheriff's Office to discontinue aviation unit | Maryland …
BEL AIR, Md. —The Harford County Sheriff's Office is discontinuing its aviation program less than two years after its launch. Harford County ... «WBAL Baltimore, Jul 15»
3
Novo Nordisk Plans To Discontinue GLP-1 Patch Collaboration With …
has notified Zosano of its intention to discontinue the collaboration agreement related to development of a transdermal presentation of select ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
4
Yelp (YELP) Decides to Temporarily Discontinue Search for a Buyer …
Brean Capital reiterates a Buy rating and $58.00 price target on Yelp (NYSE: YELP) following reports that it has decided temporarily not to find ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
5
Mahindra Two Wheelers to discontinue scooters Flyte, Kine
Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd (MTWL) has undergone a major revamp in its six years of operation, with the decision to discontinue scooters Flyte ... «Indiainfoline, Jul 15»
6
Rolls-Royce Reduces 2015 Profit Guidance; To Discontinue Current …
The Group said it will discontinue the current share buyback programme on a weaker near-term cash outlook, having completed 500 million ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
7
MAS Home Care of Maine to discontinue some services
MAS Home Care announced that as of July 29, it will discontinue home care services it provides that receive all or part of their funding from ... «WMTW Portland, Jul 15»
8
State will discontinue filling grayling in Alaska lakes
The manager of Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery in Fairbanks, Gary George, said the state chose to cut grayling because the small fish are ... «The Decatur Daily, Jul 15»
9
State will discontinue filling Alaska lakes with grayling
FAIRBANKS — Alaska hatcheries plan to stop raising Arctic grayling next year because of a funding cut. These small, but feisty fish are native ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
10
TheBlaze Radio Network To Discontinue News Reports
ALL ACCESS has learned that GLENN BECK's THEBLAZE RADIO NETWORK will discontinue its news service at the end of AUGUST. «All Access Music Group, Jul 15»

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