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TERMINATE
Definition of TERMINATE
verb
To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
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Where it comes from
From 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 bound, limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine, cognate with French terminer.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TERMINATE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TERMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TERMINATE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIMNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start TERMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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