terminate

terminare, interrompere

Far cessare o finire qualcosa, a volte prima che sia completo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: end, stop, discontinue

Contrari: begin, continue

Espressioni comuni: terminate a process, terminate an agreement, terminate a connection

licenziare

Porre fine al rapporto di lavoro o al contratto di una persona.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: dismiss, fire, lay off

Contrari: hire

Espressioni comuni: terminate someone, terminate employment, terminate a contract

uccidere, eliminare

Togliere la vita a una persona o un animale; spesso si usa per evitare di dirlo direttamente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: kill, eliminate

Espressioni comuni: terminate the target, terminate an enemy, terminate someone

delimitare

Costituire il bordo o il limite di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bound, delimit

Espressioni comuni: terminate a surface, terminate the region

delimitato, definito

Che ha un bordo, una forma o un limite ben definito.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bounded, definite

Contrari: unbounded

Espressioni comuni: terminate outline, terminate shadow, terminate form

finito, limitato

Che si può scrivere con un numero limitato di cifre o termini.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: terminating, finite

Contrari: nonterminating

Espressioni comuni: terminate decimal, terminate expansion