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# terminate

verb (terminate, terminates, terminated, terminating)

«terminate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To terminate means to end something or to come to an end: "the contract was terminated". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#m1)
2. A train or bus that terminates at a place stops there and goes no further. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#m2)
3. (formal) To terminate someone's job means to end it; it is a stiff way of saying they were sacked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#m3)
4. In maths, a terminating decimal is one that stops, like 0.25, rather than going on for ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths, a terminating decimal has a last digit (1/4 = 0.25), while 1/3 = 0.333… does not terminate. In everyday life you hear "this train terminates here, all change". In exam and office language terminate is the formal word for end or stop. Phrases: terminate a contract, terminate a call, terminating decimal, terminates at.

### Examples

- This train terminates at the next station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x1)
- The game will terminate if you press the red button. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x2)
- One quarter is 0.25, a terminating decimal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x3)
- One third is 0.333..., which never terminates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x4)
- His contract was terminated after a year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x5)
- The path terminates at the edge of the cliff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x6)
- The company terminated her employment without notice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x7)
- They were walking and driving here and there from the sea to the land at the, spot where the river terminates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/#x8)

### Note

Past form: terminated. Formal; in everyday speech people say "end" or "stop". Noun: termination; a terminal is a place where buses, trains or planes end their trips (or a computer screen). "The Terminator" in films is a killing robot, not the normal meaning.

## In Jewish tradition

In school maths, a terminating decimal has a last digit (1/4 = 0.25), while 1/3 = 0.333… does not terminate. In everyday life you hear "this train terminates here, all change". In exam and office language terminate is the formal word for end or stop. Phrases: terminate a contract, terminate a call, terminating decimal, terminates at.

### Examples

- The whole creation is thus contemplated as a pyramid, terminating in a point at the top with a broad basis. \[See Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 224.\] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terminate/#x1)

### Note

Past form: terminated. Formal; in everyday speech people say "end" or "stop". Noun: termination; a terminal is a place where buses, trains or planes end their trips (or a computer screen). "The Terminator" in films is a killing robot, not the normal meaning.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «terminate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«terminate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/terminate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «terminate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terminate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«terminate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/terminate.html) on Mova free.