terminate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
bring to an end or halt
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- close out hyponym
- finish hyponym
- abort hyponym
- culminate hyponym
- lift hyponym
- ax hyponym
- stamp out hyponym
- dissolve hyponym
- dissolve hyponym
- break off hyponym
- break hyponym
- stub out hyponym
- finalize hyponym
- finish hyponym
- closure hyponym
- resolve hyponym
- conclude hyponym
- close hyponym
- phase out hyponym
- close hyponym
Related & opposite
- start antonym
- start antonym
- end causes
- ending derivation
- end derivation
- final stage derivation
- destruction derivation
- end derivation
- terminative derivation
Sense 2 verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- begin antonym
- finishing derivation
- end derivation
- close derivation
- conclusion derivation
- final stage derivation
- end derivation
- end derivation
- terminus derivation
- end derivation
- destruction derivation
- end derivation
- close derivation
- terminative derivation
Sense 3 verb
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
This sad scene ended the movie
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- end derivation
- terminus derivation
- close derivation
- conclusion derivation
- final stage derivation
- destruction derivation
- end derivation
- terminative derivation
Sense 4 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- retire hyponym
- pension off hyponym
- clean out hyponym
- furlough hyponym
- squeeze out hyponym
- send away hyponym
Related & opposite
- hire antonym
- dismission derivation
- dismissible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | start |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | start |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | end |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ending |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | final stage |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | close out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | culminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stamp out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissolve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissolve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stub out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finalize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | closure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resolve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conclude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phase out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | begin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | finishing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | final stage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminative |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjourn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | run out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | run low |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vanish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conclude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discontinue |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | close |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conclusion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | final stage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | hire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismissible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeeze out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | send away |