English > terminate: 4 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | Bring to an end or halt. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Model | They won't terminate the story |
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| Example | "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
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| Synonym | end |
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| Cause to | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
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| Narrower | abort | terminate before completion |
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| ax, axe | terminate |
| break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion |
| close | complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement |
| close | Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) |
| close out | terminate |
| closure, cloture | terminate debate by calling for a vote |
| complete, finish | Come or bring to a finish or an end / end |
| conclude | Bring to a close |
| culminate | Bring to a head or to the highest point |
| decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate | Bring to an end |
| dissolve, break up | Come to an end |
| dissolve, break up | Bring the association / association / association of to an end or cause to break up |
| finalize, finalise, settle, nail down | make final |
| finish | Cause to finish a relationship / relationship with somebody |
| interrupt, break | terminate |
| lift, raise | put an end to |
| phase out | terminate gradually |
| stamp out, kill | end or extinguish by forceful means |
| stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out | Extinguish by crushing |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Opposite | begin, lead off, start, commence | set in motion, cause to start |
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| get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence | Take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action |
| Spanish | acabar, concluir, finalizar, rescindir, terminar |
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| Catalan | acabar, finalitzar, rescindir, terminar |
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| Adjectives | terminative | coming to an end |
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| Nouns | termination | the act of ending something |
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English > terminate: 4 senses > verb 2, stative| Meaning | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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| Example | "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed" |
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| Synonyms | end, stop, finish, cease |
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| Caused by | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
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| Narrower | adjourn, recess, break up | Close at the end of a session |
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| break | Come to an end |
| conclude, close | Come to a close |
| culminate, climax | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
| cut out | Cease operating |
| discontinue | Come to or be at an end |
| go out | Become extinguished |
| lapse | end, at least for a long time |
| pass away | go out of existence |
| run low, run short, go | To be spent or finished |
| run out | become used up |
| turn out, come out | Result or end |
| vanish, disappear | Cease to exist |
| vanish, disappear, go away | Become invisible or unnoticeable / unnoticeable |
| Opposite | begin, start | Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
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| Spanish | acabar, cesar, concluir, fenecer, finalizar, finir, parar, terminar |
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| Catalan | acabar, aturar, cessar, enllestir, finalitzar, finir, parar, terminar |
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| Adjectives | terminative | coming to an end |
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| Nouns | terminus | a place where something ends or is complete |
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English > terminate: 4 senses > verb 4, social| Meaning | Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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| Example | "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
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| Synonyms | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack |
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| Narrower | clean out | Force out |
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| dismiss, send packing, send away, drop | stop associating with |
| furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons |
| pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension |
| retire | make (someone) retire |
| squeeze out | Force out |
| Broader | remove | Remove from a position or an office |
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| Opposite | hire, engage, employ | Engage or hire for work |
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| Spanish | dar aviso, dejar cesante, despachar, despedir, destituir, echar, exonerar, finiquitar, poder |
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| Catalan | acomiadar, despedir, destituir, fer fora |
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