 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
terminate
verb
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, verb (used without an object)
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.
2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy,
terminate on zhis side heaven. --South.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
effort, or a controversy.
3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
completion; to perfect.
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "terminate":
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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