Word family noun continuation ≠ discontinuation continuity ≠ discontinuity adjective continual continued ≠ discontinued continuous ≠ discontinuous verb continue ≠ discontinue adverb continually continuously
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdiscontinuedis‧con‧tin‧ue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ verb [transitive] STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop doing, producing, or providing something Bus route 51 is being discontinued. a discontinued china pattern —discontinuation /ˌdɪskəntɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] —discontinuance /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuəns/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
discontinue• If fewer than ten students sign up, the course will be discontinued.• If it is not working in that time then the chart should be discontinued.• Three years and $ 50 million later, the service was discontinued.• In addition, one patient receiving cyclosporin was excluded because treatment was discontinued after only three months.• And in the struggle to turn the company into a lean commercial outfit, some lines have been discontinued altogether.• The airline plans to discontinue daily flights from L.A. to Osaka.• Doctors decided to discontinue the treatment when it became clear that the boy had no chance of recovering.• Sandoz and CoCensys have mutually agreed to discontinue their agreement after its March expiration.• After two weeks I discontinued them after determining they were not significantly improving morale.From Longman Business Dictionarydiscontinuedis‧con‧tin‧ue /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/ verb [transitive] to stop doing, making, or providing something that you have regularly done, made, or provided until nowThe guitar manufacturer discontinued almost their entire range to concentrate on the RG450 and JEM series.The bus service is being discontinued as of March 1st.This is a discontinued line (=product that is no longer being made) that we are selling off cheaply.→ See Verb table 