terminate

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɝmɪneɪt/ Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nate ==== Verb ==== terminate (third-person singular simple present terminates, present participle terminating, simple past and past participle terminated) (transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state. (transitive) To conclude. (transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to. (transitive) To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule. (transitive) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill someone or something. (intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end. (intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus. (intransitive) To issue or result. ===== Synonyms ===== (to end incompletely): discontinue, stop, break off (to kill): See also Thesaurus:kill (to end the employment contract): axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “to end incompletely”): continue ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɝmɪnət/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːmɪnət/ Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nate ==== Adjective ==== terminate (comparative more terminate, superlative most terminate) Terminated; limited; bounded; ended. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite. ===== Translations ===== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “terminate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Further reading === “terminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “terminate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “terminate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === Marinette, antimeter, intermate, interteam, tetramine, tretamine == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== terminate inflection of terminare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== terminate f pl feminine plural of terminato === Anagrams === attenermi, meritante == Latin == === Verb === termināte second-person plural present active imperative of terminō === References === “terminate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Spanish == === Verb === terminate second-person singular voseo imperative of terminar combined with te