discontinue

«discontinue» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To stop doing, making or providing something: The shop… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (discontinue, discontinues, discontinued, discontinuing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To stop doing, making or providing something: The shop has discontinued that toy. tree →

2) (formal) To bring something to an end: The service will be discontinued. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life a product is «discontinued» when the company stops making it; in formal notices and exams «discontinue» is a stiff word for «stop». Phrases: «a discontinued line», «discontinue a service», «discontinue the use of».

examples

• They discontinued my favourite cereal, so we can't buy it any more. tree →
• The bus service was discontinued last winter. tree →
• Discontinue use if your skin gets red. tree →
• The factory discontinued the old model of car. tree →
• My trainers are discontinued, so I need a new kind. tree →
• The club discontinued its Saturday lessons. tree →

note

«Discontinued» is often used like an adjective: a discontinued product. Formal; in plain talk say «stop». Not the same as «continue» (keep going) — the prefix dis- makes the opposite. In maths, a discontinued item stops adding to a total from that point on.

In the corpora

• "Sunsetting" means ending or discontinuing a product: the firm stops making or running it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «discontinue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.