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Definition of Terminate
1. Verb. Bring to an end or halt. "They won't terminate the story "; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Close Out, Finish, Abort, Culminate, Lift, Raise, Ax, Axe, Kill, Stamp Out, Break Up, Dissolve, Break Up, Dissolve, Break, Break Off, Discontinue, Stop, Break, Interrupt, Crush Out, Extinguish, Press Out, Stub Out, Finalise, Finalize, Nail Down, Settle, Complete, Finish, Closure, Cloture, Adjudicate, Decide, Resolve, Settle, Conclude, Close, Phase Out, Close
Causes: Cease, End, Finish, Stop
Antonyms: Begin, Begin
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, Ending, Termination, Terminative
2. Verb. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
Specialized synonyms: Pass Away, Lapse, Cut Out, Go Out, Adjourn, Break Up, Recess, Disappear, Vanish, Climax, Culminate, Run Out, Go, Run Low, Run Short, Disappear, Go Away, Vanish, Close, Conclude, Come Out, Turn Out, Discontinue, Break
Antonyms: Begin
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, End, End, End, End, Finish, Finish, Finish, Terminative, Terminus
3. Verb. Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of. "This sad scene ended the movie"
Specialized synonyms: Close
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, End, Ending, Ending, Terminative, Terminus
4. Verb. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Specialized synonyms: Retire, Pension Off, Clean Out, Furlough, Lay Off, Squeeze Out, Dismiss, Drop, Send Away, Send Packing
Generic synonyms: Remove
Derivative terms: Dismissal, Dismissible, Dismission, Firing, Sack, Sacking
Antonyms: Hire
Definition of Terminate
1. v. t. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
2. v. i. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
Definition of Terminate
1. Verb. (transitive or intransitive formal) To finish or end. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive euphemistic) To kill. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire or lay off. ¹
4. Adjective. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended. ¹
5. Adjective. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude. ¹
6. Adjective. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terminate
1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terminate
Literary usage of Terminate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First Added, I. An by John Locke (1828)
"Thirdly, Though there be a great may be compared one with another, and simple
ideas: i , .,, ,, °j terminate in so a multitude of relations; ..."
2. The Lancet (1860)
"The former compose two great plexi, the branches of which terminate in the
pulmonary veins ; " the blood which is distributed by the bronchial arteries is ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"In some of the lower animals the nerves terminate 01 ing the skin at the base of
rod-like structures similar, respects, to the rods of the retina, ..."
4. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"... NOTICE TO terminate IT. THESE conventions provided for the joint occupation
of the countries respectively claimed by Great Britain and the United States ..."
5. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"Al °, terminate in so a multitude of relations; yet they all terminate in, and
are concerned about, those simple ideas, either of sensation or reflection: ..."
6. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Notice of intent to terminate contract of employment. The termination of a contract
of employment is subject to the same rules which govern the discharge of ..."
7. Practical Arithmetic by James Bates Thomson (1863)
"We also find that -^=.05', it is therefore terminate. ... When the decimal is
terminate, the number of figures U contains, must be equal to the greatest ..."
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