Terminate

Definition: Terminate

Terminate

Verb

1. Bring to an end; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime".

2. Have end in a certain location; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other".

3. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo".

4. Terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today".

5. Bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "terminate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Post & Telecom

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Synonyms: Terminate

End

Verb: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come-, draw- to a -close; Noun: have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an -end; Noun: put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve; (complete); stop; (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

Crosswords: Terminate

Finnish (be drawing to a close).

Terminate her (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

I just want you to know that even though you tried to terminate me, revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

Pick up Colonel Kurtz's path at Nu Mung Ba, follow it and learn what you can along the way. When you find the Colonel, infiltrate his team by whatever means available and terminate the Colonel's command (Apocalypse Now; writing credit: John Milius ; Francis Ford Coppola)

He'll terminate you, Stark, Rygel, Aeryn (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Was to terminate our love and be free (Emotional; performing artist: Carl Thomas)

Licensed to Terminate (1987)

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Books

• Terminate (The Night Whistlers, No 3) (reference)

• The American Heritage Rivers Initiative : hearing before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1842, to terminate further development and implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Ini (reference)

• Written comments on the proposals to terminate trade adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms (reference)

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Music

• Terminate [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

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For those whose application is rejected, the privilege will terminate at the date of the refusal. (reference)

State criminal abortion laws, like those involved here, that except from criminality only a life-saving procedure on the mother's behalf without regard to the stage of her pregnancy and other interests involved violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy. (reference)

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Health

In the limited studies to date, most couples with no positive family history in this circumstance choose to terminate the pregnancy. (references)

Research to identify factors related to and interventions promoting the ability of families to terminate monitoring would be of benefit. (references)

These significant differences between the placebo and penicillin groups were compelling reasons to terminate the study 8 months early, after an average followup of 15 months. (references)

Business

It is not advisable to unfairly terminate an agency’s contract. (references)

During an unauthorized pregnancy, a woman is often visited by family planning agents and pressured to terminate the pregnancy. (references)

If a foreign manufacturer wishes to terminate the business relationship with the agent prior to the expiration of the contract, the agent must first be contacted and given the opportunity to improve performance. (references)

Civil Liberties

Fiji

There was no action during the year concerning the Chaudhry Government's agreement to terminate its exclusive license. (references)

Norway

In 1998 the Government suspended two priests in the Church of Norway and asked the courts for approval legally to terminate their priesthood due to insubordination and disloyalty. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

It may issue warnings, impose fines, suspend or terminate licenses, seize equipment, and shut down operations of any broadcaster or media outlet in violation of the code of practice. (references)

Economic History

Italy

In such cases, the courts may be requested to terminate the contract. (references)

Uae

It is very difficult for US firms to terminate their agreements with local companies. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Previous labor laws were relatively rigid, and made it hard to terminate workers for just cause. (references)

Human Rights

Gambia

Police are reluctant to terminate fistfights between prisoners until the dispute is settled, and many of the prisoners are injured. (references)

Cuba

Religious leaders and human rights activists convinced her to terminate her hunger strike after 72 hours because of her state of health. (references)

Belarus

The Ministry has the authority to terminate telephone service to those who breach this provision; however, there were no reports during the year that the Ministry exercised this authority. (references)

Political Economy

NORWAY

Norway is obligated to terminate these monopolies under the EEA accord but implementation is slow. (references)

THAILAND

The treaty will automatically terminate on January 1, 2003, however, if the United States and Thailand are unable to agree on an information exchange provision. (references)

BRAZIL

In June 2001, the United States agreed to terminate the WTO proceeding, without prejudice, based on Brazil's commitment to hold talks with the United States should it deem it necessary to grant a compulsory license. (references)

Trade

Israel

If the exporter does not receive an extension notice he/she must terminate use of the approval. (references)

Worker Rights

Malaysia

The Appeals Court ruled that compelling an employee to work for a new employer without offering the option to terminate the labor contract amounted to a form of forced labor. (references)

China

Authorities threatened to terminate the employment of government employees whose children are studying in India (where the Dalai Lama's government-in-exile is located) if they did not bring the children back to Tibet. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "terminate": terminate an agreement ♦ terminate and Stay Resident ♦ terminate pregnancy. Additional references.

Beginning with "terminate": terminate-and-stay, terminate-and-stay-resident, terminate-stay-resident.

Afrikaans

eindig (accomodate, come to an end, end, end up, expire, finish). (various references)

Albanian

përfundoj (accomplish, bring closer, button up, clinch, close, come out, complete, conclude, determine, do, end, finalize, finish, finish off, fulfil, fulfill, lapse, perfect, push through, put through, reason, result, touch up, transact, wear), mbaroj (be over, call it a day, cease, close, decline, despatch, die, dispatch, do, drink up, eat up, end, finish, get through, go out, lapse, perish, peter out, spend, surcease, wind up), kufizoj (circumscribe, confine, enclose, hedge in, hem, inclose, limit, localise, localize, narrow, restrain, restrict, specialize, stint, straiten, tie, truncate), jap fund (suppress). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فصل من العمل (redundance, redundancy, termination), ‏فرغ (be empty, become empty, complete, conclude, discharge, drain, dry out, empty, end, evacuate, finalize, finish, pour, vacate, void), ‏قطع (amputate, amputation, ax, axe, break, cease, cessation, chop off, chopping off, cross, crossing, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cutoff, cutting off, disconnect, discontinuance, discontinue, divide, dividing, end, exchange, fell, felling, forbid, halt, hew, hinder from, interrupt, intersect, lop, prevent from, scission, section, segment, segmentation, separate, sever, severance, slit, split, stop, sunder, suspend, suspension, tear, traverse), ‏وضع حدا (break, extinguish, put a stop to, ring, snuff out, split up, stop, suppress), ‏إنقضى (elapse, glide, pass away, tick), ‏أنهى (call a halt, close, complete, compose, conclude, cut, determine, dissolve, do, end, finish, fulfil, fulfill, last, last out, round off, top, wind up, wrap up). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съкращавам (abbreviate, abridge, cancel, condense, contract, curtail, cut short, discard, elide, prune, reduce, retrench, slash, take off, truncate), слагам граница на, слагам предел на, завършвам (accomplish, carry through, complete, conclude, crown, end, end up, eventuate, finish, perfect, round, round off, round out, wind up). (various references)

Catalan

acabar (accomodate, end, finish, use up). (various references)

Chinese 

终止 (Breakup, Expiry, terminated, Terminating, termination). (various references)

Czech

vypovìdìt (annul, banish, declare, denounce, deport, discontinue, exile, expel, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, warn, warn off), uzavřít (block off, cage up, close down, conclude, encase, obturate, shut down, shut up, tie, transact), ukonèit (bring to an end, close, conclude, finish, put an end), přerušit (abort, adjourn, black out, break off, cut off, cut short, discontinue, disrupt, intermit, interrupt, split up, stop, suspend, turn off), omezit (abate, circumscribe, confine, constrict, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decrease, deflate, limit, narrow, prune, restrict, retrench, scale down, trammel). (various references)

Danish

fuldende (accomodate, end, finish, prepare). (various references)

Dutch

afsluiten (accomodate, bar, end, fence off, finish, lock, make a contract, obstruct, strike a balance), beëindigen (accomodate, end, finish, finish off), afmaken (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Esperanto

finiĝo (end), fini (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Faeroese

ending (end), enda (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Farsi 

فسخ کردن (Cancel, Countermand, Disannul, Dissolve), منقضی کردن , محدودکردن (Bound, Compass, Confine, Cramp, Curb, Dam, Gag, Impale, Limit, Narrow, Qualify, Quantify, Restrict, Stint, Straiten), خاتمه یافتن , خاتمه دادن , بپایان رساندن (Conclude, Consummate, End). (various references)

Finnish

päättää (bring to an end, conclude, decide, end). (various references)

French

terminer, finir, cesser. (various references)

Frisian

dien meitsje (accomodate, end, finish), besljochtsje (accomodate, end, finish), ôfmeitsje (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

German

beenden (accomodate, adjourn, be at the end of one's tether, bring to an end, cancel, cease, complete, conclude, determine, discontinue, end, exit, finalize, finish, serve out, stop, to break up, to conclude, to determine, to finalize, to finish, to finite, to truncate, unquote), enden (accomodate, cease, come to an end, end, end up, ends, expire, finish, run out, to conclude (with), to end, upshots, wind up), beschließen (accomodate, choose, conclude, decide, decide on, determine, end, end off, establish, finish, fix, resolve, to conclude, to determine, vote in, wind up). (various references)

Greek 

τερματίζω (conclude). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"סתים (conclude, end, finish, pass, run out), ל�'מור (catch up on, cease, complete, conclude, end, finish), לסים (close, conclude, end, finish, top off, wind up). (various references)

Hungarian

véges (finite). (various references)

Indonesian

mengakhiri (abolish, assuage, conclude, end). (various references)

Italian

terminare (accomodate, come out, conclude, end, finish, pull off), finire (accomodate, accomplish, cease, close, complete, conclude, do, end, expire, finish, get to, kill, pass, run out, sell out, spend, stop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

窮まる (to be at an end, to be in a dilemma, to reach an extreme, to terminate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きわまる (to be at an end, to be in a dilemma, to reach an extreme, to terminate). (various references)

Korean 

종결하십시�" (Conclude). (various references)

Manx

jannoo jerrey (wind up, wind up debate). (various references)

Papiamen

terminá (accomodate, end, finish), kaba (accomodate, end, finish), finalisá (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Pig Latin

erminatetay.(various references)

Polish

kończyć (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Portuguese

terminar (accomodate, close, come to an end, cut off, discontinue, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, get through, nail down, pull the plug, squelch, stop), acabar (accomodate, buzz, carry through, cease, come to an end, conclude, consummate, end, expire, finish, phase out, round, squelch). (various references)

Romanian

termina (accomodate, accomplish, achieve, bring to an end, clear up, close, complete, conclude, do, end, finish, get over, have done, liquidate, mop up, pack it in, shoot away, spend, stop, wind up). (various references)

Russian 

кончаться (determine, end, eventuate, expire, finish, result, run out), кончать (do away with, down, end, finish, stop), ограничивать (bound, circumscribe, confine, constrain, delimit, determine, enclose, hedge, inclose, limit, narrow, pinch, qualify, restrain, restrict, scanting, scrimp, set a limit, set bounds, specialize, stint, straiten), завершать (bring to a close, bring to a conclusion, carry out, complete, completes, consummate, crown, finalize, finish, finish off, perfect, wrap up), положить конец (place the limit, put the kibosh on). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

završiti (be over, complete, end, finalize, finish, quits: be quits, round up, wrap up), završavati, svršiti (accomplish, complete, end, finish), okončati (complete, put an end). (various references)

Spanish

terminar (accomodate, break, break off, call it a day, close up, come, complete, conclude, discontinue, dispose of, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, follow up, go out, leave off, let up, sign off, stay, stop, throw over), acabar (accomodate, accomplish, break off, come, complement, complete, discontinue, eat up, end, expire, finish, follow up, get over, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, play out, round off, throw over, top off, use up, wash out, waste, wind up, work out), vencimiento (defeat, end, expiration, expiry, matureness, maturity), expiración (end, expiration, expiry), concluir (accomodate, close, come, complete, conclude, dispose of, end, finish, infer, lock, tie up, top off, wind up). (various references)

Swedish

avsluta (balance, close, conclude, end, finalize, finish, finish off, transact). (various references)

Thai

สิ้นสุ�" (give out), ทำให้สิ้นสุ�" (end). (various references)

Turkish

sona ermek (be at an end, bust, bust up, cease, come to a head, come to an end, die, discontinue, end, end off, expire, finish, leave off, quit, run out, wind up), sona eren, son vermek (adjourn, call a halt, call off, cease, chuck, close, cut off, discontinue, end, end off, fetch up, finish, make an end of, put a stop to, put an end to, raise, shut down on, shut down upon, sign off, stash, stop, top off, wind up, wipe up, wrap up), sınırlanmış (confined, limited), sınırlamak (bound, call off, circumscribe, confine, constrain, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hem in, hold in, imprison, limit, line off, localize, qualify, restrain, restrict, straitjacket, tie), sınır koymak (border, draw the boundary, hedge off, limit, set bounds to), bitmek (adore, be at an end, be out of smth., be very fond of, break off, break up, cease, come to an end, conclude, die down, drop, end, end off, end up, expire, fag, finish, lapse, lay off, leave off, quit, run out, sprout, stop, surcease, vegetate, wear out), bitirmek (break up, bring to an end, bring to completion, call it off, carry through, cease, clean up, clear off, close, complete, conclude, consume, deplete, drink, end, end off, exhaust, expend, fetch up, finish, fulfil, fulfill, get through, graduate, leave off, make an end of, play out, point, polish off, put a stop to, put an end to, put through, round out, run out, sign off, snuff out, swallow up, use up, wind up, work off, wrap it up), bítírmek (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Ukrainian

обмежувати (abridge, astrict, bail, bound, circumscribe, confine, cramp, enclose, limit, narrow, pinch on, restrain, restrict, stint, straiten), обмежений (bat-minded, borne, confined, contracted, cramp, cramped, finite, illiberal, insular, limited, local, meager, meagre, narrow, narrow minded, one sided, one track, one-ideaed, one-liner, parochial, pinched, provincial, pure, qualified, restrained, restricted, restrictive, scant, shallow-brained, simple minded, small, small-scale, straitened), закінчуватися (conclude, elapse, end, end off, end up, go out, issue, result in, run out, wane, waste), завершити (be through). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tận cùng (rearmost, terminative), giới hạn cuối cùng. (various references)

Welsh

terfynu (determine, end). (various references)

Yucatec

ts'oksik (accomodate, end, finish). (various references)

Zulu

-qeda (accomodate, complete, end, finish). (various references)

definir. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "terminate": terminated, terminates. (additional references)

Words ending with "terminate": determinate, exterminate, indeterminate. (additional references)

Words containing "terminate": determinately, determinateness, determinatenesses, exterminated, exterminates, indeterminately, indeterminateness, indeterminatenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Terminate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sermonette, termanate, terminare, terminat, Timikata. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: antimere, martinet.

-2 letters: arenite, ariette, emerita, emirate, emitter, entreat, etamine, intreat, iterant, iterate, matinee, meatier, minaret, nattier, nettier, nitrate, raiment, ratteen, retinae, teatime, tentier, termite, ternate, tertian, trainee.

-3 letters: airmen, attire, emetin, entera, entire, ermine, etamin, imaret, inmate, marine, marten, martin, matter, mattin, meaner, meanie, metate, metier, minter, mitten, natter, neater, netter, ratine.

+1 letter: marionette, martensite, remittance, terminated, terminates.

+2 letters: actinometer, attempering, determinant, determinate, detrainment, detrimental, entrainment, exterminate, intemperate, marionettes, martensites, maternities, metacentric, remittances, terminative.

+3 letters: actinometers, determinants, determinator, detrainments, detrimentals, entrainments, exterminated, exterminates, exterminator, fermentation, fermentative, hereditament, intermediate, intermontane, metacentrics, mistreatment, nitromethane, reattempting, reestimating.

+4 letters: actinometries, advertisement, advertizement, argumentative, ascertainment, demonstrative, determinantal, determinately, determination, determinative, determinators, detrimentally, entertainment, exterminating, extermination, exterminators, exterminatory, fermentations, hereditaments, indeterminate, integumentary, intemperately, interlacement, intermediated, intermediates, intermetallic, interpermeate, interterminal, magnetometric, mistreatments, nitromethanes, premeditating, premeditation, reappointment, recontaminate, regimentation, reinstatement, remonstrative, retransmitted, telemarketing, terminatively, underestimate.