| anglais > français | |
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| terminate | |
| 1. v. (Transitif) Cesser, finir. | |
| 2. v. (Intransitif) se terminer. | |
| Many nouns are terminated with the "-tion" ending. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| terminate | |
| 1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To end, especially in an incomplete state. |  |
| to terminate a surface by a line | |
| to terminate an effort, or a controversy | |
| 2. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off. | |
| 5. adj. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended. | |
| 6. adj. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude. | |
| Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth. | |
| 7. adj. (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite. | |
| One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal. | |
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