Terminate
['tɜːmɪneɪt] or ['tɝmɪnet]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
(v. t.) Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
Inputed by Antonia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Bound, limit, set bounds to.[2]. End, conclude, complete, close, finish, bring to an end, put an end to.
v. n. [1]. End, cease, close, be limited, stop short, come to an end.[2]. Eventuate, issue, prove, turn out.
Typed by Cedric
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Limit, end, put_an_end_to, close, finish, complete, stop, conclude,[SeeBOUND]. \v.\,[See BOUND]
Typed by Kevin
Definition
v.t. to set a limit to: to set the boundary: to put an end to: to finish.—v.i. to be limited: to end either in space or time: to close.—adj. Ter′minable that may be limited: that may terminate or cease.—n. Ter′minableness.—adj. Ter′minal pertaining to or growing at the end or extremity: ending a series or part: occurring in every term.—n.pl. Terminā′lia an annual Roman festival in honour of Terminus the god of boundaries.—adv. Ter′minally.—n. Terminā′tion act of terminating or ending: limit: end: result: the ending of words as varied by their signification.—adjs. Terminā′tional pertaining to or forming a termination; Ter′minātive tending to terminate or determine: absolute.—adv. Ter′minātively.—n. Ter′minātor one who or that which terminates: the boundary between the illuminated and dark portions of the moon or of a planet.—adj. Ter′minātory.
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Examples
- I have nothing against him but such a spectacle must terminate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Wires from the coil terminate on metal disks and are securely soldered there. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He was not fond of taking a leading part in such investigations as could never terminate in any degree of certainty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I am sure that my nerves are all right and I think that when we terminate this of the bridge you would do well to go to the Gredos. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had never seen the instrument that was to terminate his life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- How all this will terminate, I know not; but I had rather die, than return shamefully,--my purpose unfulfilled. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Our English adverbs do Not terminate in Mong, and We Pronounce the “ch” as if there were a “t” before it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If Rose had--I cannot utter that word now--if this illness had terminated differently, how could you ever have forgiven yourself! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A shower of tears terminated her sad harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- These canes are terminated by tubes of pipe-clay, to prevent their being burnt, and other bamboo canes conduct the gas intended for lighting the streets, and into large apartments and kitchens. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For quite half an hour we descended and then the shaft terminated abruptly in the dome of a mighty subterranean world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The moon of May has not yet terminated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A is a steam pipe communicating with the boiler, B another pipe receiving steam from A through small holes and terminating in a cone. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He is terminating his work. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- By the candle she held was revealed a narrow passage, terminating in a narrow stair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Its mouth is closed with a cork through which is passed a metallic rod, terminating above in a knob and connected below with the inner coating by a chain or a piece of tinfoil. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Lower and lower sagged the bow until it became necessary to stop the engine to prevent our flight terminating in a swift dive to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They climbed high trees as nimbly as a squirrel, for they had strong extended claws before and behind, terminating in sharp points, and hooked. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- A shout of laughter greeted his entrance; noisy at first, and terminating in Grace Poole's own goblin ha! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- An inclined tray terminates at its lower end in a furnace inclosure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The great lantern, Fig. 45, is carried by a vertical shaft, which terminates at its lower end in a hollow drum, which latter floats in a bath of mercury. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Just below the end of the second, going down, the stone wall on the left terminates in an ornamental pilaster facing towards the Thames. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A month's notice terminates my tenancy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You and the Anselmo can take her when this terminates. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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