terminate
verb /ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/
/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they terminate | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it terminates | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪts/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple terminated | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle terminated | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form terminating | /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to end; to make something end
- Your contract of employment terminates in December.
- terminate something The agreement was terminated immediately.
- to terminate a pregnancy (= to perform or have an abortion)
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1, Life stagesc1- His contract was abruptly terminated.
- The agreement was lawfully terminated under clause 34.
- This federal intervention effectively terminated the strike.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- abruptly
- prematurely
- immediately
- …
- be entitled to
- decide to
- the decision to terminate something
- the right to terminate something
- [intransitive] (of a bus or train) to end a journey
- This train terminates at London Victoria.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.