Engelsk udsagnsord: terminate | |||
1. | terminate (om ændring) bring to an end or halt | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime. The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They won't terminate the story | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | end | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | alter, change, modify | ||
Mere specifikke termer | abort, adjudicate, ax, axe, break, break, break off, break up, break up, close, close, close out, closure, cloture, complete, conclude, crush out, culminate, decide, discontinue, dissolve, dissolve, extinguish, finalise, finalize, finish, finish, interrupt, kill, lift, nail down, phase out, press out, raise, resolve, settle, settle, stamp out, stop, stub out | ||
Medfører | cease, end, finish, stop, terminate | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | begin, commence, set out, start, start out, commence, lead off, start, begin, set about, get down, get | ||
2. | terminate (om tilstand) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed. Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other. My property ends by the bushes. The symphony ends in a pianissimo. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | cease, end, finish, stop | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Mere specifikke termer | adjourn, break, break up, climax, close, come out, conclude, culminate, cut out, disappear, disappear, discontinue, go, go away, go out, lapse, pass away, recess, run low, run out, run short, turn out, vanish, vanish | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | begin, start | ||
3. | terminate (om tilstand) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | This sad scene ended the movie. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | end | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | be | ||
Mere specifikke termer | close | ||
4. | terminate (om adfærd) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The boss fired his secretary today. The company terminated 25% of its workers. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | remove | ||
Mere specifikke termer | clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | hire, employ, engage | ||