terminate
to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
to occur at or form the conclusion of: The countess's soliloquy terminates the play.
to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of.
to dismiss from a job; fire: to terminate employees during a recession.
to end, conclude, or cease.
(of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to end a scheduled run at a certain place: This train terminates in New York.
to come to an end (often followed by at, in, or with).
to issue or result (usually followed by in).
Origin of terminate
1Other words for terminate
Other words from terminate
- ter·mi·na·tive, adjective
- ter·mi·na·tive·ly, adverb
- non·ter·mi·na·tive, adjective
- non·ter·mi·na·tive·ly, adverb
- self-ter·mi·nat·ing, adjective
- self-ter·mi·na·tive, adjective
- un·ter·mi·nat·ed, adjective
- un·ter·mi·nat·ing, adjective
- un·ter·mi·na·tive, adjective
Words Nearby terminate
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How to use terminate in a sentence
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez questioned whether an officer could be decertified before he or she was terminated, because members of the public would be able to bring complaints to POST directly.
Sacramento Report: Jones, COVID-19 and the Irony of Remote Voting | Sara Libby and Jesse Marx | August 28, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoCowan said that Postal Service leaders had not eliminated overtime — but that mail sorting procedures had changed, effectively terminating it in certain ways anyway.
Info About Local Post Office Operations Is Conflicting and Hard to Come By | Ashly McGlone and Kate Nucci | August 27, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThis causes the qubits to lose their quantum state and decohere, terminating any actual quantum computing.
Cosmic rays could pose a problem for future quantum computers | Neel Patel | August 26, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewComputer scientists are generally interested in knowing whether a given rewriting system always terminates.
Computer Scientists Attempt to Corner the Collatz Conjecture | Kevin Hartnett | August 26, 2020 | Quanta MagazinePG&E owed the firm millions of dollars when it abruptly terminated its business relationship this year.
The Mystery House: How a Suspicious Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Deal Is Connected to California’s Deadliest Fire | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | August 26, 2020 | ProPublica
And sometimes, they chose to terminate their pregnancies by having abortions.
Instead, the county filed to terminate his rights based on his mental illness.
Abortifacients, by contrast, are used to terminate an existing pregnancy.
Is Forced Religious Belief Coming to an Employer Near You? | Jamelle Bouie | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHas the IRS taken actions to terminate the offending employees?
IRS Singled Out Conservative Groups for Extra Scrutiny | Megan McArdle | May 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRepublic wanted to terminate its obligations and put workers in a 401(k) (or at least a more solvent Teamster pension plan).
And I would respectfully suggest that this interview must definitely terminate the matter one way or the other.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe had hitherto lived for universal man:—his days should terminate on a different principle.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterIn many cases an agency is created for an indefinite period, and in these either party can terminate it whenever he desires.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesTo support his rôle as the friend of labor, he must needs terminate the sanguinary struggle.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanHoping to terminate the thefts, Johnny complained to the overseer, though without accusing Jack.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for terminate
/ (ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt) /
(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
(tr) to connect (suitable circuitry) to the end of an electrical transmission line to absorb the energy and avoid reflections
(intr) maths (of a decimal expansion) to have only a finite number of digits
(tr) slang to kill (someone)
Origin of terminate
1Derived forms of terminate
- terminative, adjective
- terminatory, adjective
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