English > discontinue: 3 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | put an end to a state or an activity. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
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| Synonyms | stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off |
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| Narrower | break | Give up |
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| call it quits, call it a day | stop doing what one is doing |
| cheese | Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) |
| drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting |
| leave off | stop using |
| pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing |
| retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation |
| shut off, close off | stem the flow of |
| sign off | Cease broadcasting |
| Opposite | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
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| Spanish | acabar, cesar, dejar, descatalogar, descontinuar, discontinuar, parar, terminar |
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| Catalan | aturar, cessar, deixar, descatalogar, discontinuar, finalitzar, parar |
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| Nouns | discontinuance, discontinuation | the act of discontinuing / discontinuing or breaking off |
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English > discontinue: 3 senses > verb 2, stative| Meaning | Come to or be at an end. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
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| Example | "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
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| Narrower | leave off | Come to an end, stop or cease |
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| run out, expire | Lose validity |
| taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle | end weakly |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
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| Opposite | continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep | Continue a certain state, condition, or activity |
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| Spanish | anular, interrumpir, suspender |
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| Catalan | anul·lar, interrompre, suspendre |
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