terminate
/ˈtɝmɪnət/ adjective C2- Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- 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.
- 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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It seemed, however, to Edmond, who was hidden from his comrades by the inequalities of the ground, that at sixty paces from the harbor the marks ceased; nor did they terminate at any grotto.
The priest gazed on the person addressing him with a long and searching gaze—there even seemed a disposition on his part to court a similar scrutiny on the part of the innkeeper; then, observing in the countenance of the latter no other expression than extreme surprise at his own want of attention to an inquiry so courteously worded, he deemed it as well to terminate this dumb show, and therefore said, speaking with a strong Italian accent, “You are, I presume, M.
I was much astounded by this programme, though I remembered that Holmes had said to Stapleton on the night before that his visit would terminate next day.
From twelve to two o’clock Danglars had remained in his study, unsealing his dispatches, and becoming more and more sad every minute, heaping figure upon figure, and receiving, among other visits, one from Major Cavalcanti, who, as stiff and exact as ever, presented himself precisely at the hour named the night before, to terminate his business with the banker.
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