Definition of Discontinued

1. Adjective. Stopped permanently or temporarily. "A discontinued conversation"

Similar to: Interrupted, Out Of Print
Antonyms: Continued

Definition of Discontinued

1. Adjective. Permanently no longer available or in production. ¹

2. Verb. (past of discontinue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discontinued

1. discontinue [v] - See also: discontinue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discontinued

discontenting
discontention
discontentions
discontentive
discontentment
discontentments
discontents
discontiguous
discontinuable
discontinuances
discontinuation
discontinuation test
discontinuations
discontinue
discontinued (current term)
discontinuee
discontinuees
discontinuer
discontinuers
discontinues
discontinuing
discontinuities
discontinuity
discontinuity in the flow
discontinuous
discontinuous culture
discontinuous phase
discontinuous sterilization
discontinuously

Literary usage of Discontinued

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"... absence to go to Italy, and a promise that the pension or salary of two hundred pounds a year, which Government allowed him, should not be discontinued. ..."

2. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Their session discontinued by repeated prorogations—§ XII. Proceedings in parliament—§ XIII. The whigs obstruct the bill of indemnity— § XIV. ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1856)
"... Agencies for the woik have gene»ally been discontinued. Il is Ihe wish of the Editor lo Register Ihe n une of every Subscriber lo ihe work, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"Large Fibroid Tumour of the Uterus; Operation for Extirpation; discontinued in consequence of Excessive Hemorrhage; Death from Exhaustion five days after. ..."

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