| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To cease, stop, quit, desist or halt.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To interrupt or heckle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To break, disrupt, sever or intermit. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To abstain or forbear. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To obstruct, deter or impede. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To disturb, bother, perturb or unsettle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To catch or seize. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To terminate, expire or finish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Present participle conjugation of the verb discontinue.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (discontinue) | 1. Put an end to a state or an activity.[Wordnet]. 2. Come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31".[Wordnet]. 3. Prevent completion.[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.[Websters]. 6. To be separated or severed; to part.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: discontinuing, discontinued, discontinues, discontinuer, discontinuers, discontinuingly and discontinuedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DISCONTINUING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCONTINUING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Ceasing; interrupting; breaking off.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of discontinue. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
