adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of terminate form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having been the subject of termination; ended or destroyed.
2. 2
   Having lost a job or assignment.
3. 3
   Having an end or a boundary.

Adjective

1. 1
   (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end wordnet
2. 2
   having come or been brought to a conclusion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

concludedall bets offall offall overall overall up

Example

More examples

"The countries terminated friendly relations."

Etymology

From terminate + -ed.

Related phrases

null-terminated

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