terminate

terminer, mettre fin à

Faire cesser ou finir quelque chose, parfois avant son achèvement.

En anglais simple : To make something stop or finish, sometimes before it is complete.

• You can terminate the service at any time.
• The error caused the program to terminate early.
• They terminated negotiations before reaching an agreement.

Synonymes : end, stop, discontinue

Contraires : begin, continue

Expressions courantes : terminate a process, terminate an agreement, terminate a connection

licencier, résilier le contrat de travail

Mettre fin à l’emploi de quelqu’un ou à son contrat de travail.

En anglais simple : To end someone’s job or employment agreement.

• The company terminated his employment.
• She was terminated after repeated warnings.
• The employer may terminate the contract with one month’s notice.

Synonymes : dismiss, fire, lay off

Contraires : hire

Expressions courantes : terminate someone, terminate employment, terminate a contract

tuer, éliminer

Enlever la vie à une personne ou à un animal, souvent en évitant de le dire directement.

En anglais simple : To kill a person or animal, often described in deliberately indirect language.

• The agent was ordered to terminate the target.
• In the film, the robot terminates anyone who resists.
• The commander refused the order to terminate the prisoners.

Synonymes : kill, eliminate

Expressions courantes : terminate the target, terminate an enemy, terminate someone

délimiter, borner

Former le bord ou la limite de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To form the edge or limit of something.

• A curved line terminates the surface.
• The cliff terminates the plateau on its eastern side.
• In the drawing, two straight lines terminate the shaded region.

Synonymes : bound, delimit

Expressions courantes : terminate a surface, terminate the region

délimité, défini

Dont le bord, la forme ou la limite est clairement défini.

En anglais simple : Having a clear, definite edge, shape, or limit.

• The drawing showed a terminate outline.
• Under bright light, the rock cast a sharply terminate shadow.
• The observer described the object as terminate in shape and size.

Synonymes : bounded, definite

Contraires : unbounded

Expressions courantes : terminate outline, terminate shadow, terminate form

fini

Qui peut s’écrire avec un nombre limité de chiffres ou de termes.

En anglais simple : Able to be written with a limited number of digits or terms.

• One quarter has a terminate decimal form.
• The teacher wrote 0.125 as an example of a terminate decimal.
• Unlike one third, one eighth has a terminate decimal expansion.

Synonymes : terminating, finite

Contraires : nonterminating

Expressions courantes : terminate decimal, terminate expansion