terminate

Everyday

1. (formal) To terminate means to end something or to come to an end: "the contract was terminated". tree →
2. A train or bus that terminates at a place stops there and goes no further. tree →
3. (formal) To terminate someone's job means to end it; it is a stiff way of saying they were sacked. tree →
4. In maths, a terminating decimal is one that stops, like 0.25, rather than going on for ever. tree →

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 →
• The game will terminate if you press the red button. tree →
• One quarter is 0.25, a terminating decimal. tree →
• One third is 0.333..., which never terminates. tree →
• His contract was terminated after a year. tree →
• The path terminates at the edge of the cliff. tree →
• The company terminated her employment without notice. tree →
• They were walking and driving here and there from the sea to the land at the, spot where the river terminates. tree →

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 →

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.