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terminate
[ tur-muh-neyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- 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 ).
terminate
/ ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by in or with to form, be, or put an end (to); conclude
their relationship terminated amicably
to terminate a pregnancy
- 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
- slang.tr to kill (someone)
Derived Forms
- ˈterminative, adjective
- ˈterminatory, adjective
Other Words From
- termi·native adjective
- termi·native·ly adverb
- non·termi·native adjective
- non·termi·native·ly adverb
- self-termi·nating adjective
- self-termi·native adjective
- un·termi·nated adjective
- un·termi·nating adjective
- un·termi·native adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of terminate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of terminate1
Example Sentences
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.
Cowan said that Postal Service leaders had not eliminated overtime — but that mail sorting procedures had changed, effectively terminating it in certain ways anyway.
This causes the qubits to lose their quantum state and decohere, terminating any actual quantum computing.
Computer scientists are generally interested in knowing whether a given rewriting system always terminates.
PG&E owed the firm millions of dollars when it abruptly terminated its business relationship this year.
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.
Has the IRS taken actions to terminate the offending employees?
Republic 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.
He had hitherto lived for universal man:—his days should terminate on a different principle.
In many cases an agency is created for an indefinite period, and in these either party can terminate it whenever he desires.
To support his rôle as the friend of labor, he must needs terminate the sanguinary struggle.
Hoping to terminate the thefts, Johnny complained to the overseer, though without accusing Jack.
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