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discontinue | x |

As a verb discontinue

is to interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

discontinue

English

Verb

(discontinu)
  • To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
    • They plan to discontinue that design.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have discontinued school / Above a twelvemonth.
  • * Daniel
    • Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
  • * Holder
    • They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.

    Synonyms

    * terminate * break off

    Antonyms

    * continue ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----