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   Dis·con·tin·ue

   /ˌdiskənˈtinyo͞o/

   

   verb

   • 1. cease doing or providing (something), typically something provided on a regular basis: "the ferry service was discontinued by the proprietors"
   • ▪ stop making (a particular product): "their current top-of-the-range running shoe is being discontinued"
   • ▪ cease taking (a newspaper or periodical) or paying (a subscription).

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘interrupt, disrupt’): via Old French from medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- ‘not’ + continuare (see continue).

   Derivatives

   • 1. discontinuance noun

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