terminate

verb IPA / IPA not found /

What does terminate mean?

To bring something to an end or to stop it from continuing; often used to describe ending a process, contract, employment, or activity. It can also mean to dismiss someone from a job or to eliminate something completely.

Relations to

The relations below show words that share meaning, stand in contrast, or have hierarchical connection to terminate.

Hypernyms (broader concepts)

More general concepts that this word belongs to.

  • to terminate er a end
  • to terminate er a stop
  • to terminate er a finish

Hyponyms (narrower concepts)

More specific concepts that belong to this word.

  • to terminate kan være a abrogate
  • to terminate kan være a fire
  • to terminate kan være a sack
  • to terminate kan være a abort
  • to terminate kan være to quash
  • to terminate kan være to revoke

Related terms

Words that are semantically related. expiration , resignation , dismissal og cancellation

terminate in other languages

Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk Norwegian Nynorsk
Danish Danish
Swedish Swedish
ljúka
Icelandic Icelandic
terminar
Portuguese Portuguese
beëindigen
Dutch Dutch
terminer
French French
beenden
German German
terminare
Italian Italian
terminar
Spanish Spanish
zakończyć
Polish Polish
припинити
Ukrainian Ukrainian
прекратить
Russian Russian
终止
Chinese Chinese
終了する
Japanese Japanese
종료하다
Korean Korean
समाप्त करना
Hindi Hindi
أنهى
Arabic Arabic

Kryssord og Scrabble

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Part of speech:
verb
Last updated:
Feb 7, 2026

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