discontinue

Other forms of discontinue

past tense

discontinued·

present participle

discontinuing·

third person

discontinues·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about discontinue

What does discontinue mean?

discontinue means "put an end to a state or an activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discontinue?

discontinue has 4 syllables: di-scon-tin-ue. The stress falls on "tin". In IPA it is /dɪskənˈtɪnju/.

What is another word for discontinue?

Close synonyms include stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of discontinue?

The recorded antonyms are continue, continue.

Is discontinue a common word?

discontinue is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with discontinue?

1 word rhymes with discontinue. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.