/ ˈtɜːmɪneɪt; NAmE ˈtɜːrm-/ verb ( formal )
1.
to end; to make sth end :
[ v ]
Your contract of employment terminates in December.
[ vn ]
The agreement was terminated immediately.
to terminate a pregnancy (= to perform or have an abortion )
2.
[ v ] ( of a bus or train ) to end a journey / trip :
This train terminates at London Victoria.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense direct an action towards a specified end ): from Latin terminat- limited, ended, from the verb terminare , from terminus end, boundary.