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English

Verb

  1. To finish or end.
  2. To kill.
  3. To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire or lay off.


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Category:Death Category:English ergative verbs

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Italian

Verb

terminate

  1. second-person plural present tense of terminare
  2. second-person plural present subjunctive of terminare
  3. second-person plural imperative of terminare
  4. feminine plural past participle of terminare


Category:Italian verb forms

fa:terminate fr:terminate io:terminate hu:terminate scn:terminate fi:terminate te:terminate vi:terminate zh:terminate

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
effort, or a controversy.
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3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
completion; to perfect.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
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The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy,
terminate on zhis side heaven. --South.
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WordNet terminate
v 1: 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 WWI" [syn: end] [ant: begin, {get
down}]
2: 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, cease] [ant: begin]
3: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad
scene ended the movie" [syn: end]
4: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, {send
away}, sack, force out, give the sack] [ant: hire]
Moby Dictionary
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


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