terminate
adjective
1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
3. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
- One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
verb
1. bring to an end or halt
- The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Similar word(s): end
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Similar word(s): cease, end, finish, stop
Definition categories: stative
3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
Similar word(s): end
Definition categories: stative, be
4. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
Similar word(s): can, dismiss, displace, fire, sack
Definition categories: social, remove
Sentences with terminate as a verb:
- to terminate a surface by a line
- to terminate an effort, or a controversy