terminate

English

Etymology

From Latin terminatus, past participle of terminare (“to set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”); see term, terminus. Compare termine.

Verb

terminate (third-person singular simple present terminates, present participle terminating, simple past and past participle terminated)

1. (transitive or intransitive, formal) To finish or end.
2. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.
3. (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire or lay off.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:kill

Related terms

• termination
• terminator
• terminus
• terminable

Translations

to finish

Dutch: beëindigen, termineren French: terminer (fr) Hebrew: סיים (he) (siyém)

Portuguese: terminar (pt) Russian: завершать (ru), кончать (ru)

to kill

Portuguese: cancelar (pt)

See also

• abort

External links

• terminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• terminate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Adjective

terminate

1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

   Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.

3. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

   One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Anagrams

• tetramine

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Italian

Verb

terminate

1. second-person plural present tense of terminare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of terminare
3. second-person plural imperative of terminare
4. feminine plural past participle of terminare

Anagrams

• attenermi, meritante

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Latin

Verb

termināte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of terminō