Entry Word: terminate

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point <we need to terminate the discussion for this evening, but we'll resume tomorrow morning> — see close 3
2 to come to an end <this class will terminate with the arrival of Memorial Day> — see cease 1
3 to mark the limits of <terminated the area set aside for the runners to change their clothes with a series of folding screens> — see limit 2