What does TERMINATE mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈtɜrməˌneɪt/
- Letters
- 9
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Words With Friends score
- 13
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
verb
- bring to an end or halt“She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of“This sad scene ended the movie”
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position“The boss fired his secretary today”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
terminates12terminating14
Anagrams of TERMINATE
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside TERMINATE
286 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is TERMINATE a valid word in word games?
TERMINATE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is TERMINATE worth?
TERMINATE is worth 11 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from TERMINATE?
286 other words, including IN, IT, ARE and AT.