How to pronounce “terminate”
Say “terminate” in 3 beats
terminate
/ˈtɝməˌneɪt/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /tɜːmɪneɪt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- tɝtɝstress
- məmə
- neɪtneɪt
- IPA (American)
- /ˈtɝməˌneɪt/
- IPA (British)
- /tɜːmɪneɪt/
- Respelling
- TUR-muh-nayt
- Syllables
- 3 — Tɝ-mə-neɪt
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: Tɝ-mə-neɪt. “tɝ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈtɝməˌneɪt/
/tɜːmɪneɪt/
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What “terminate” means
- verb
bring to an end or halt
“She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”
- verb
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
- verb
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
“This sad scene ended the movie”
Say it in a sentence
“The lease will terminate at the end of March.”“terminate”, answered
How do you pronounce “terminate”?
“terminate” is pronounced /ˈtɝməˌneɪt/ (TUR-muh-nayt) in American English and /tɜːmɪneɪt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “tɝ”. Build it as Tɝ-mə-neɪt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “terminate” have?
3: tɝ · mə · neɪt. The beat lands on the first, “tɝ”.
Is “terminate” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈtɝməˌneɪt/ (TUR-muh-nayt); British English says /tɜːmɪneɪt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “terminate” mean?
As a verb: bring to an end or halt For example: “She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “terminate”?
Stress the first syllable: Tɝ-mə-neɪt. “tɝ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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