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terminus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of term.
Noun
terminus (plural termini or terminuses)
- The end or final point of something.
- The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
- 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)
- 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
- a boundary, limit, end
- Synonyms: f?nis, l?mes, m?ta, d?f?n?ti?, granicia
- (Medieval Latin) word, term, definition
- Synonyms: verbum, d?f?n?ti?
- (Medieval Latin) due date, a time to convene
- Synonyms: di?s, conventus
- (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)
- (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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