terminate

/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt//ˈtɝmɪneɪt/

verb

  1. 1

    To end, especially in an incomplete state.

    to terminate a surface by a line
  2. 2

    To set or be a limit or boundary to.

  3. 3

    To kill.

  4. 4

    To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.

  5. 5

    Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.

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adjective

  1. 1

    Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.

  2. 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. 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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