different between terminate vs ultimate

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)

1. (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.

2. (transitive or intransitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
3. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill.

4. (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
5. 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)

1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

3. (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

1. second-person plural present indicative of terminare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of terminare
3. second-person plural imperative of terminare

Verb

terminate f pl

1. feminine plural of terminato

Anagrams

• attenermi
• meritante

Latin

Verb

termin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of termin?

References

• terminate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ultim?tus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultim?, ultim?re (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??lt?m?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??lt?m?t/

Adjective

ultimate (not comparable)

1. Final; last in a series.
2. (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
5. That will happen at some time; eventual.
6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
   • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection

     those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict

7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

Synonyms

• (final): See Thesaurus:final
• (most extreme): utmost, uttermost

Antonyms

• (w.r.t. causes): initial, original
• (most extreme): original, derivative

Coordinate terms

• (adjectives denoting syllables): penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

ultimate (countable and uncountable, plural ultimates)

1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion
3. The greatest extremity; the maximum
4. (uncountable) The game of ultimate frisbee.

Translations

Verb

ultimate (third-person singular simple present ultimates, present participle ultimating, simple past and past participle ultimated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.
   • 1869, The New-Jerusalem Magazine (volume 41, page 36)

     These measures have been carried forward with a zeal and unanimity that warrant the hope we entertain, of ultimating the plans in respect to our Temple, before the next meeting of the Maryland Association.

Further reading

• ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ultimate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• mutilate

Finnish

Etymology

From English ultimate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ultim?te/, [?ult?i?m?t?e?]
• Rhymes: -?te
• Syllabification: ul?ti?ma?te

Noun

ultimate

1. ultimate frisbee (game)

Declension

Anagrams

• amuletit, amuletti, laitumet, leimattu, leimatut

Italian

Verb

ultimate

1. inflection of ultimare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• multiate, mutilate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma?.te/, [???t???mä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma.te/, [ul?t?i?m??t??]

Verb

ultim?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ultim?