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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

beenden

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bəˈɛndn̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Terminate/ˈtɜːr.mɪ.neɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir müssen das Gespräch jetzt beenden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To bring to an end; to cause an action, process, or relationship to stop.

    "The company decided to terminate the contract due to a breach of agreement."
  2. 2

    To come to an end; to conclude at a specific point or limit.

    "This train will terminate at the next station."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'terminare', meaning 'to bound, limit, or end', which stems from 'terminus' (boundary or end point). Entering Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, the word evolved from denoting physical borders to signifying the conclusion or official stopping of actions, processes, and contracts.

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