{
    "term": "terminate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "terminate",
            "heSheIt": "terminates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "terminated",
        "pastParticiple": "terminated",
        "ingForm": "terminating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to end; to make something end",
            "sensetop": "terminate something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your contract of employment terminates in December."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agreement was terminated immediately.",
                    "contextForm": "terminate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to terminate a pregnancy (= to perform or have an )"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His contract was abruptly terminated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agreement was lawfully terminated under clause 34."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This federal intervention effectively terminated the strike."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["abruptly", "prematurely", "immediately"],
                "verb + terminate": ["be entitled to", "decide to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the decision to terminate something",
                    "the right to terminate something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to end a journey",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This train terminates at London Victoria."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminate__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːmɪneɪts/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪts/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/terminate/terminating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’."
}