'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]
Synonyms of 'terminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abolish,
- abort,
- attend,
- ax,
- become of,
- belay,
- boot out,
- bounce,
- button up,
- cancel,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- cashier,
- cease,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close,
- close out,
- close up,
- come about,
- come of,
- come out,
- complete,
- conclude,
- crown,
- culminate,
- cut it out,
- cut off,
- desist,
- determine,
- develop,
- discharge,
- discontinue,
- dismiss,
- dissolve,
- drop,
- drop it,
- end,
- ensue,
- eventuate,
- extinguish,
- fall out,
- fare,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- fire,
- follow,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- give over,
- halt,
- have done with,
- hold,
- issue,
- kick out,
- knock it off,
- lay off,
- leave,
- leave off,
- mop up,
- pan out,
- perfect,
- perorate,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- prove,
- prove to be,
- quit,
- recess,
- refrain,
- relinquish,
- renounce,
- resign,
- resolve,
- result,
- rise,
- round out,
- sack,
- scrap,
- scratch,
- scrub,
- sign off,
- stay,
- stop,
- top off,
- top out,
- turn out,
- ultimate,
- unfold,
- wind down,
- wind up,
- work out,
- wrap up
Words containing 'Terminate'
- Terminable,
- Terminableness,
- Terminal,
- Terminant,
- Terminated,
- Terminating,
- Termination,
- Terminational,
- Terminative,
- Terminatively,
- Terminator,
- Termine,
- Terminer,
- Terminism,
- terminally,
- Terminable annuity,
- Terminal moraine,
- Terminal statue,
- Terminal velocity,
- air terminal,
- airport terminal,
- bus terminal,
- freight terminal,
- railroad terminal,
- remote terminal,
- terminable interest,
- terminal case,
- terminal emulation,
- terminal figure,
- terminal leave,
- terminal point,
- terminal reserve,
- job-oriented terminal,
- link-attached terminal