terminate
/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt//ˈtɝmɪneɪt/
verb
- 1
To end, especially in an incomplete state.
“to terminate a surface by a line”
- 2
To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- 3
To kill.
- 4
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- 5
Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
Antonyms
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
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.”
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