discontinue

v., -ued, -u·ing, -ues.

v.tr.

1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: discontinued her visits to the museum; discontinued ferry service to the island.
2. To cease making or manufacturing: discontinued the sportscar in the 1960s.
3. To cease subscribing to (a publication).
4. Law. To terminate (an action) by discontinuance.

v.intr.
To come to an end. See synonyms at stop.

[Middle English discontinuen, from Old French descontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin continuāre, to continue; see continue.]

verb

1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, halt¹, stall¹, stay¹, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: break off, cease, interrupt, suspend, terminate. See continue/stop/pause.
3. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, halt¹, leave off, quit, stall¹, stop, surcease. Idioms: come to ahaltstandstillstop. See continue/stop/pause.
4. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, stop. Informal swear off. Slang lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: prevent activity from going on
Antonyms: carry on, continue, restart, retry

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IN BRIEF: To stop.

When no one showed up for the cooking class the class was discontinued..

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ophøre med, nedlægge, afbryde, holde op med
v. intr. - ophøre, nedlægges

Nederlands (Dutch)
beëindigen, ophouden te publiceren, opzeggen, onderbreken

Français (French)
v. tr. - cesser, interrompre, abandonner (la production, etc), interrompre (une série), interrompre la publication de, (Jur) abandonner
v. intr. - mettre fin à

Deutsch (German)
v. - beenden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διακόπτω, παύω, σταματώ, καταργώ

Italiano (Italian)
terminare, cessare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - interromper, desistir, abandonar

Русский (Russian)
прекращать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - discontinuar, suspender, interrumpir
v. intr. - cesar, desistir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avbryta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
停止, 中断, 中止, 搁下

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 停止, 中斷, 中止
v. intr. - 擱下, 停止, 中止

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 멈추다, (소를) 취하하다
v. intr. - 폐간 되다, 중지되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 続けることをやめる, 停止する, 中止する, 取り下げる, 中止になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتوقف عن عمل شئ وبخاصه شئ اعتاد عمله, ينقطع, يكف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חדל, הפסיק, ויתר‬
v. intr. - ‮חדל, הפסיק‬

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discontinue perfume