terminate

Verb

1. 1

   To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.

   to terminate a process before its completion

   to terminate an effort, or a controversy

   During this interval of calm and prosperity, he terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.

2. 2

   To conclude.

3. 3

   To set or be a limit or boundary to.

   to terminate a surface by a line

4. 4

   To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.

   We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them.

5. 5

   To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.

6. 6

   To kill someone or something.

   The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.

7. 7

   To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.

   She unlocked the casket which contained her mother's picture, and gazed even more earnestly than usual on that beautiful face; its frank, glad smile was too painful; it seemed an omen of all that could make a joyous and beloved existence; and yet how had her's terminated!

8. 8

   Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.

   This train terminates at the next station.

   It is a branch that climbs for 11½ miles into the picturesque Wealden hills until, apparently exhausted by the effort, it terminates a mile short of the village of Hawkhurst.

   After dropping off travellers at Foregate Street, my train terminates at Shrub Hill - a station which boasts one of the best selection [sic] of semaphore signals left in the country.

9. 9

   To issue or result.

Adjektiv

1. 1

   Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.

2. 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. 3

   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.

Formen

Komparativ

more terminate

Superlativ

most terminate

Präteritum

terminated

Partizip II

terminated

Partizip I

terminating

3. Person Singular

terminates