discontinuance
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌdɪs.kənˈtɪn.u.əns/
:
interrupción
- The discontinuance of the program left many students without necessary resources.
Examples
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The discontinuance of the project came as a surprise to the entire team.
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The target date for discontinuance of medication is often the beginning of each school year.
Academic text (1997) -
Is this effect a result of the discontinuance of the activity, or is there another reason?
Academic text (1994) -
Studies of service discontinuance have identified a wide variety of possible reasons for why this may occur.
Academic text (1994) -
A short while later, Mr. G. expressed a desire to change his living will to include the discontinuance of artificial nutrition and fluids.
Academic text (2005) -
The first cuts should be the discontinuance of congressional perks and privileges, including their special health insurance and retirement packages.
Blog text (1) -
McCurdy (1994) also notes the considerable consequences of fee increases and the discontinuance of the fee cap.
Academic text (2003) -
Although businessmen pushed for the discontinuance of the program in the spring of 1990, the government chose to retain it because of strong polling evidence in its favor.
Academic text (1991) -
Eventually, the Supreme Court of New Jersey allowed the discontinuance of life-sustaining procedures, citing the patient's right to privacy, and Quinlan died in 1985.
Academic text (1994) -
The Know-Nothing movement was responsible for the discontinuance of visits by priests to New York's almshouses from 1855 until 1861, when Mass was again offered in the Albany almshouse.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
310
1.0
An act when something ends or pauses
99
3.0
A short time when something stops or is delayed
34
6.3
A pause in an activity or series that is usually temporary
29
7.2
The end of something that is happening
9
7.8
A break or gap in something that normally continues
9
4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
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4.7
A sudden end of an activity, relationship, or talk
3
9.9
A sudden end to something that is happening
3
5.5
The end point of something like a road or tunnel
2
6.3
Stopping something for a short time or forever
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6.5
The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
1
9.9
A short stop in an activity that breaks its flow
A short pause in an activity
Antonyms
How Final
- Formal
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4.7
29
7.2
1
7.2
70
4.3
99
3.0
192
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
discontinuance = discontinue (transparent) = dis + continue + ance
The noun is a regular and easily understood nominalization of the verb 'discontinue'.
Etymology
The word discontinuance comes from the parts dis- 'not', continue 'keep going', and the ending -ance that turns a verb into a word for an action or state. So a discontinuance is the act of stopping or ending something that was continuing.