terminate

terminar, poner fin a

Hacer que algo se detenga o acabe, a veces antes de que esté completo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: end, stop, discontinue

Antónimos: begin, continue

Expresiones frecuentes: terminate a process, terminate an agreement, terminate a connection

despedir, rescindir el contrato laboral

Poner fin al empleo de alguien o a su contrato de trabajo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: dismiss, fire, lay off

Antónimos: hire

Expresiones frecuentes: terminate someone, terminate employment, terminate a contract

matar, eliminar

Quitar la vida a una persona o un animal; suele usarse para evitar decirlo de forma directa.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: kill, eliminate

Expresiones frecuentes: terminate the target, terminate an enemy, terminate someone

delimitar, limitar

Formar el borde o el límite de algo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: bound, delimit

Expresiones frecuentes: terminate a surface, terminate the region

delimitado, definido

Que tiene un borde, una forma o un límite claramente definido.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: bounded, definite

Antónimos: unbounded

Expresiones frecuentes: terminate outline, terminate shadow, terminate form

finito, exacto

Que puede escribirse con un número limitado de cifras o términos.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: terminating, finite

Antónimos: nonterminating

Expresiones frecuentes: terminate decimal, terminate expansion