terminateter‧mi‧nate /ˈtɜːməneɪt $ ˈtɜːr-/ ●●○ AWL verb 
Word Origin Examples
The court ruled that the contract must be terminated. a woman’s decision on whether or not to terminate the pregnancy2[intransitive] if a train, bus, or ship terminates at a particular place, its journey ends there: The train from Paris terminates at St Pancras International.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINterminate
Verb TableOrigin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of terminare, from terminus; ➔ TERM1VERB TABLE
terminate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | terminate |
| he, she, it | terminates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | terminated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have terminated |
| he, she, it | has terminated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had terminated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will terminate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have terminated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am terminating |
| he, she, it | is terminating | |
| you, we, they | are terminating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was terminating |
| you, we, they | were terminating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been terminating |
| he, she, it | has been terminating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been terminating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be terminating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been terminating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The company had the right to terminate his employment at any time.
- A calculation is made of the percentage of non-arrivals, cancellations and guests that terminate their stay earlier than expected.
- From above, the sandstone looks like solid rock, terminating at a 20-foot cliff.
- Nynex, Anheuser-Busch and Sun decided last month to propose terminating pension plans for their outside directors.
- One had a scar across his face which terminated in an empty eye-socket.
- The Baby Bell merger can be terminated by either company if regulatory approval is not received by March 31, 1997.
- The court will probably wish to terminate the defendant's liability at a particular point.
- This emphasised that after military government was terminated the civil Governor would return to function as sole authority until December 1948.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a baby is not born alive► lose the baby
Collocations · "Am I going to lose the baby?'' she asked the doctor.· Patricia lost the baby after six months.
► have a miscarriage if a woman has a miscarriage the baby comes out of her body far too early for it to be able to live: · She was pregnant during her first marriage, but had a miscarriage.
► stillborn a baby that is stillborn is born dead but fully developed: · Sadly, the baby was stillborn.· Libby had still not recovered from the shock of giving birth to a stillborn child.
► be born dead if a baby is born dead , it is not alive when it is born: · The doctor told them that there was a danger their baby would be born dead or brain damaged.
► abortion a medical operation to deliberately end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive: · The Catholic Church remains strongly opposed to abortion.have an abortion: · One of my friends got pregnant when she was fifteen and had an abortion.backstreet abortion (=a secret illegal abortion by someone who is not trained): · Backstreet abortions left many women unable to have children later.
► terminate a pregnancy formal to perform the operation that prevents a baby from being born alive, often because the mother's life is in danger - used especially by doctors: · Doctors may terminate a pregnancy when the life of the mother is at risk.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cancel/end/terminate a contract
Word family· The buyer has three days in which to cancel the contract.
► terminate somebody’s membership (=stop someone being a member)· His membership was terminated for ‘unprofessional conduct’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► abruptly· More than one underwent a major breakdown after his relationship with Minton was abruptly terminated.· The project he was involved with were abruptly terminated in 1994 by the health ministry.· A prestigious teaching post at Winchester had been terminated abruptly some years before, and Hugo had failed to hold another since.
NOUN► agreement· Creditors are all too frequently obliged to terminate the consumer credit agreement because the debtor is in default.· A contract can also be terminated by mutual agreement of the parties.· The hirer had an option to purchase on paying all the instalments and could terminate the agreement at any time.· How much notice is required on either side to terminate the tenancy agreement? 11.· Ideally, the artist could terminate the agreement at any time.
► contract· Frustration is where a contract is terminated by an event which has arisen through no fault of either contracting party.· Fattah, Bray said, proposed the stock purchase with a caveat that the profit-sharing contract would be terminated.· For that reason, his contract was terminated by local management, without any interference from above.· A contract can also be terminated by mutual agreement of the parties.· The statement added that McGlinchey's contract was immediately terminated once they learned who he was.· Similarly, breach of condition by the buyer allows the seller to treat the contract as repudiated and terminate it.· The midfielder had his contract terminated in December, because of his disciplinary record.
► decision· You then approved the decision to terminate the Travel Office staff....
► employment· One plant closing or relocation is enough to terminate the employment future of an entire city.· As the most expensive section of the labour force, middle-aged workers have faced very severe pressures to terminate their employment.· The employment protection legislation operates to restrict the grounds on which an employer can terminate the contract of employment with impunity.· It was also suggested that a proposal had been made to terminate Bloch's employment.· The defendant firm lawfully terminated the employment of the plaintiff who had worked for them for many years.· Schlick's murder in 1936 terminated Waismann's employment and his opportunities for supporting himself by private teaching.
► lease· The George Square building was owned by the university which terminated the lease in order to use the property for a student hostel.
► pregnancy· Secondly, the success rate of dilatation and curettage to terminate a pregnancy of under four weeks is poor.· The court in 1994 upheld some limits on how close protesters can get to women entering abortion clinics to terminate pregnancies.· Physicians were obliged to inform abortion patients about foetal development and the alternatives to terminating the pregnancy.· In general, teenagers from more affluent families are more likely than those from poorer families to terminate their pregnancies.· Melanie was furious, and desperate enough to go to any lengths to terminate the pregnancy.· Since 1989 conservatives on the court have given states more latitude to restrict the conditions under which women terminate pregnancies.· If she terminates a pregnancy she must shoulder that grief too and struggle on.· For young women who choose to terminate their pregnancy, the decision is often not easy to implement.
► relationship· The customer also threatened to terminate his business relationship with the employer.· The member of staff must report, but need not terminate, the relationship.
WORD FAMILYnounterminationverbterminate
1[intransitive, transitive] formal if something terminates, or if you terminate it, it ends SYN end: The court ruled that the contract must be terminated. a woman’s decision on whether or not to terminate the pregnancy2[intransitive] if a train, bus, or ship terminates at a particular place, its journey ends there: The train from Paris terminates at St Pancras International.