Meaning

verb bring to an end or halt

verb have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

verb be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

originFrom Middle English terminaten (“to bring to an end; to adjudicate; to end, stop; to border, confine, contain”) from terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin terminātus, perfect passive participle of terminō (“to set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from terminus (“a…

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