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- pronunciation:
- tuhr
mih
neIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
terminates, terminating, terminated |
| definition 1: |
to bring to an end; put a stop to.
The social security office terminated his benefits.- synonyms:
- discontinue, end, finish
- antonyms:
- begin, continue, initiate, start
- similar words:
- abolish, bust, cancel, cease, conclude, dissolve, halt, interrupt, kill, sever, stop
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| definition 2: |
to occur at or be the conclusion of; conclude.
A blessing terminated the church service.
- synonyms:
- close, conclude, end
- antonyms:
- begin, start
- similar words:
- complete, finish
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| definition 3: |
to serve as a spatial limit to or boundary of.
- synonyms:
- bound, delimit
- similar words:
- circumscribe, demarcate, limit
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| definition 4: |
to end the employment of; release; fire.
Many workers were terminated when the company installed robotic devices.They terminated him due to his incompetence.- synonyms:
- discharge, dismiss, fire
- antonyms:
- hire
- similar words:
- can, release, remove, sack
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| related words: |
abort, abrogate, annul, choke, demolish, destroy, discontinue, divorce, end, kill, lift, liquidate, quit, scrub, stifle |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to come to an end, spatially or temporally (often fol. by "at," "in," or "with").
The beach terminates at those cliffs.The course will terminate in two weeks.His employment will terminate at the end of this month.- synonyms:
- conclude, end, stop
- antonyms:
- begin, continue, start
- similar words:
- cease, close, discontinue, expire, finish, lapse, wind up
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| definition 2: |
to have as a result or consequence (usu. fol. by "in").
Their reckless spending terminated in bankruptcy.- synonyms:
- end, result
- similar words:
- conclude, finish
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| related words: |
abort, die, divorce, end, pass, round |
adverb + (v.)terminate
abruptly, automatically, effectively, eventually, gradually, immediately, instantly, legally, officially, thereby
(v.)terminate
+ adverb
prematurely
(v.)terminate
+ noun
abortion,
agreement,
aid,
charter,
completion,
contact,
contract,
contractor,
conversation,
counsel,
counseling,
coverage,
cycle,
delta,
employee,
employment,
engagement,
experiment,
fetus,
franchise,
friendship,
funding,
hostility,
interview,
investigation,
involvement,
lease,
liability,
membership,
mile,
negotiation,
participation,
pension,
plan,
pregnancy,
prejudice,
procedure,
proceeding,
programming,
prosecution,
refereeing,
relationship,
rental,
right,
session,
subsidy,
treaty
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| derivations: |
terminative (adj.), terminatively (adv.) |
The word terminate
contains the following parts:
term
Latin
root
that means end, boundary
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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