'Terminate' definitions:

Definition of 'terminate'

From: WordNet
verb
Bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" [syn: end, terminate] [ant: begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out]
verb
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start]
verb
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" [syn: end, terminate]
verb
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]

Definition of 'Terminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. i.
  • 1. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close. [1913 Webster]
  • The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven. --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Terminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Terminating.] [L. terminatus, p. p. of terminare. See Term.]
  • 1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect. [1913 Webster]
  • During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art. --J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]