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Narrator: Today's word is "Discontinue" — verb, pronounced /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː/, with the stress on "tin".
Narrator: To discontinue is to stop producing, providing or doing something.
Narrator: In plain English, it means stop for good.
Narrator: It joins dis, meaning not, with continue.
Narrator: A common collocation is "discontinued product", which describes something no longer made.
Narrator: It differs from "pause", because discontinue is permanent.
Narrator: In a second sense, doctors may discontinue a medicine.
Narrator: Retail, software, medicine and transport all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: discontinue means no more.
Speaker A: Why can't I buy my favourite crisps?
Speaker B: They were DISCONTINUED! Dis plus continue.
Speaker A: Forever?
Speaker B: Sadly, yes.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "This model has been discontinued", shopping. "The bus route was discontinued", transport. "Discontinue the tablets if you feel unwell", medicine.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not discontinue prescribed medicine without asking a doctor.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Cease is its cousin, withdraw its twin, and scrap an alternative — yet discontinue keeps its final charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "discontinue" in AI prompts — useful for product lifecycle and customer notices.
Speaker A: How for products?
Speaker B: Notices.
Prompt: Write a customer email announcing a product will be discontinued next month with alternatives.
Speaker A: And software?
Speaker B: Deprecation.
Prompt: Write a notice that this API endpoint will be discontinued in six months.
Speaker A: Could it help shops?
Speaker B: Yes, for stock.
Prompt: Mark discontinued items and hide them once stock reaches zero.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Health.
Prompt: Write a reminder telling patients to ask their GP before discontinuing medicine.
Discontinue — meaning in Arabic & definition More D courses GL Dictionary