different between terminate vs outplace
terminate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin termin?tus, past participle of termin? (“I set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?m?ne?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??m?ne?t/
- Hyphenation: ter?mi?nate
Verb
terminate (third-person singular simple present terminates, present participle terminating, simple past and past participle terminated)
- (transitive or intransitive) To end, especially in an incomplete state.
- 1857, John Scandrett Harford, The Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti
- During this interval of calm and prosperity, he terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
- 1857, John Scandrett Harford, The Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti
- (transitive or intransitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
Synonyms
- (to end incompletely): discontinue, stop, break off
- (to kill): See also Thesaurus:kill
- (to end the employment contract): axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off
Antonyms
- (to end incompletely): continue
Related terms
Translations
See also
- abort
Further reading
- terminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- terminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “terminate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Adjective
terminate (comparative more terminate, superlative most terminate)
- Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “terminate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Marinette, antimeter, intermate, tetramine, tretamine
Italian
Verb
terminate
- second-person plural present indicative of terminare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of terminare
- second-person plural imperative of terminare
Verb
terminate f pl
- feminine plural of terminato
Anagrams
- attenermi
- meritante
Latin
Verb
termin?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of termin?
References
- terminate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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outplace
English
Etymology
From out- +? place.
Verb
outplace (third-person singular simple present outplaces, present participle outplacing, simple past and past participle outplaced)
- To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.
- To move to a new location; displace; remove; oust.
- 1949, Congressional Record - Page 14195:
- At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities.
- 2014, Donna Mac, LCPC, Toddlers & ADHD: Relief for Parents, A Guide for Clinicians and Teachers:
- Most will have to outplace the student to a private alternative school with more intensive special education than the public school can offer.
- 1949, Congressional Record - Page 14195:
Derived terms
- outplacement
- outplacer
Anagrams
- copulate
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