terminate

Definition of Terminate in English :

Verb

1. end, terminate

bring to an end or halt

Example Sentences:
'She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime'
'The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I'

end

2. cease, end, finish, stop, terminate

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Example Sentences:
'the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed'
'Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other'
'My property ends by the bushes'
'The symphony ends in a pianissimo'

3. end, terminate

be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

Example Sentences:
'This sad scene ended the movie'

end

4. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Example Sentences:
'The boss fired his secretary today'
'The company terminated 25% of its workers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Terminate

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verb

1. (when intr, often foll by in or with)

to form, be, or put an end (to); conclude

to terminate a pregnancy

their relationship terminated amicably

2. (transitive)

to connect (suitable circuitry) to the end of an electrical transmission line to absorb the energy and avoid reflections

3. (intransitive) mathematics

(of a decimal expansion) to have only a finite number of digits

4. (transitive) slang

to kill (someone)

Terminate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtermiˌnated or ˈtermiˌnating

1.

to bring to an end in space or time; form the end or conclusion of; limit, bound, finish, or conclude

2.

to put an end to; stop; cease

3. US

to dismiss from employment; fire

4. US

to assassinate

a euphemistic usage

verb intransitive

5.

to come to an end in space or time; stop; end

6.

to have its end (in something)

a road terminating in woods

Terminate

see synonyms of terminate

v. ter·mi·nat·ed, ter·mi·nat·ing, ter·mi·nates

v.tr.

1. To bring to an end or halt: "His action terminated the most hopeful period of reform in Prussian history" (Gordon A. Craig).

2. To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish: a display of fireworks that terminated the festivities. See Synonyms at complete.

3. To discontinue the employment of; dismiss: a company that terminated 300 workers.

4. To murder or assassinate (someone).

v.intr.

1. To come to an end; reach a stopping point: The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. The negotiations terminated with a celebration.

2. To form an end or produce a result. Often used with in: "The Peloponnesian war ... terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth" (Alexander Hamilton).

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