terminating

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of terminate. Use this form when the act of ending is happening now.

   The company is terminating the contract at the end of the month.

   Terminating the lease early will cost them extra money.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Coming to an end or stopping.

   Like a movie reaching its final scene.

   The terminating lease forced them to find a new home.

   We finally reached the terminating stretch of the long hike.

   Similarfinal, closing, concluding

   Oppositeopening, initial, beginning

3. 3
   adjective

   Describing a decimal that stops after a certain number of digits, instead of going on forever.

   Like a road that ends at a clear stopping point, not one that goes on and on.

   One quarter equals 0.25, a terminating decimal.

   The fraction gave a terminating decimal with just three digits.

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   Oppositerepeating, recurring

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