terminate
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English terminaten (“to bring to an end; to adjudicate; to end, stop; to border, confine, contain”) from terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin terminātus, perfect passive participle of terminō (“to set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine, cognate with French terminer.
Base: terminat
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: terminates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: terminating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: terminated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: terminated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more terminate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most terminate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To conclude.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To set or be a limit or boundary to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to terminate a surface by a line
gloss: To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them.
gloss: To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To kill someone or something.
pos: verb
tags: euphemistic
transitive
examples: The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.
gloss: To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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!
gloss: Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To issue or result.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
pos: adj
examples: Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
gloss: Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
pos: adj
examples: One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
Synonyms: discontinue
stop
break off
fire
sack
Antonyms: continue
Related words: terminable
termination
terminator
terminus
abort
Derived words: antiterminate
coterminate
interminate
misterminate
reterminate
self-terminate
terminatable
terminate with extreme prejudice
terminative
terminatory
thought-terminating cliché
unterminate
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