Found 3 items, similar to terminate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: terminate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: terminate
terminate
v 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Terminate
Terminate
\Ter"mi*nate\, v. i.
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.
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2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
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The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy,
terminate on zhis side heaven. --South.
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Terminate
\Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [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.
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2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
effort, or a controversy.
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3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
completion; to perfect.
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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.
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