v. t. | 1. | To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; |
2. | To put an end to; to make to cease; | |
3. | Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect. | |
v. i. | 1. | To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; |
2. | To come to a limit in time; to end; to close. |
Verb | 1. | terminate - 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" Synonyms: end |
2. | terminate - 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" | |
3. | terminate - be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" Synonyms: end | |
4. | terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |