Discontinue : (특히 정기적으로 계속하던 것을) 중단하다, (생산/서비스/공급 등을) 중단하다
Discontinuity : 중단(된 상태), 단절 중단
Discontinuance : (소송의) 취하
1)
to discontinue means to stop doing something that you have been doing on a regular basis
you continue doing it and you discontinue, you don't carry on doing it
the doctor told me to discontinue the medicine
I had been looking after the plants in my friend's house but he rang me to tell me to discontinue because his mother was going to take over next week to do it
to stop doing something that you've been doing
it's to break the continuity of something
2)
very often, we use this verb, to discontinue in business
this product is to be discontinued, we've made this product for several years but now we are not going to continue to make it
the bus service from Oxford to Wes hani has been discontinued
they cease providing something, particularly something that's been provided on a regular basis
to stop making a particular product
the ferry to the island has been discontinued
the ferry service was discontinued
the compnay discontinued making this type of shoe in 2008
to terminate
to put an end to
you can discontinue your subscription, you stop going on with it
the bank has decided to discontinue this service
to stop doing it
to stop making something work
if you feel dizzy, discontinue the medicine
a discontinued product
a discontinued line
the manufacturers disconotinued production
to stop going on with it
not to do it anymore
he used to go to the library every week but finally he discontinued going to the library
to interrupt the continuance of something
particularly a commercial product
to stop producing
to stop making
to stop supplying
they plan to discontinue this model
to determinate to break off
not to continue with something
3)
notice, you can also actually have this in a legal framework, a discontinuance
this is where the plaintiff decides not to continue with a lega case
a discontinuance, you stop the case
it's not going forward
Formality : 6 6.5
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