termination
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /tɚmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
termination (countable and uncountable, plural terminations)
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- An outcome or result.
- The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
- 1849, E. A. Andrews, A First Latin Book; Or Progressive Lessons in Reading and Writing Latin, 2nd edition, Boston, p. 52 and 69:
- 1. Some adjectives of the third declension have three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders.
- 1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same conjugation.
2. Latin verbs are divided into four conjugations.
- 1849, E. A. Andrews, A First Latin Book; Or Progressive Lessons in Reading and Writing Latin, 2nd edition, Boston, p. 52 and 69:
- (medicine) An induced abortion.
- (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
Synonyms
- (process of terminating): discontinuation, stoppage
- (state of being termined): discontinuation
- (process of firing an employee): discharge, dismissal
- (end in time): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop
- (end in space): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip
- (outcome): consequence, outcome, result, upshot
- (last part of a word): ending
- (medical): abortion, induced abortion
Antonyms
- (process of terminating or the state of being terminated): continuation
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
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the process of firing an employee
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an end in time; a conclusion
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an end in space; an edge or limit
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an outcome or result
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the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix
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An induced abortion
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ending up of a polypeptid chain
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