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terminus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminus (boundary, limit). Doublet of term.

Noun

terminus (plural termini or terminuses)

  1. The end or final point of something.
  2. The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
  3. A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.

Antonyms

  • origin

Related terms

  • terminal
  • terminate
  • termination
  • terminus a quo
  • terminus ante quem

Translations

Anagrams

  • minuters, muntries, muster in, numerist, run times, run-times, runtimes, unmiters, unmitres

French

Etymology

From English terminus, an unadapted borrowing from Latin terminus. Doublet of terme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t??.mi.nys/

Noun

terminus m (uncountable)

  1. terminus

Related terms

  • terminer

References

  • “terminus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

  • termen (uncommon)
  • term? (collateral form)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *termenos, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn? (boundary). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (térma, a goal), ?????? (térm?n, a border).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?ter.mi.nus/, [?t??rm?n?s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ter.mi.nus/, [?t??rminus]

Noun

terminus m (genitive termin?); second declension

  1. a boundary, limit, end
    Synonyms: f?nis, l?mes, m?ta, d?f?n?ti?, granicia
  2. (Medieval Latin) word, term, definition
    Synonyms: verbum, d?f?n?ti?
  3. (Medieval Latin) due date, a time to convene
    Synonyms: di?s, conventus
  4. (Medieval Latin) mode, wise, fashion, manner
    Synonyms: rati?, modus, f?rma

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • terminus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • terminus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • terminus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • terminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • terminus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • terminus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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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)

  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

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