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terminate
/ˈtɝmɪneɪ̯t/
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What does terminate mean?
verb
- To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
- To conclude.
- To set or be a limit or boundary to.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
- To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- To kill someone or something.
- To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- To issue or result.
adjective
- Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɝmɪneɪ̯t/
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This was understood to terminate the Course for the evening, and we emerged into the air with shrieks of intellectual victory.
They unite with a long process of the anterior maxillary for the purpose of strength, and then terminate in a singular way.
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A weak constitution must necessarily terminate in dissolution, for want of proper powers, or the usurpation of powers requisite for the public safety.
But Fauchelevent was in too great a hurry to terminate this adventure to take any notice of this sad side of his success.
In serious diseases or diseases that are about to terminate fatally, the skin feels cold and the hair is wet with sweat.