termination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɚmɪˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

termination (countable and uncountable, plural terminations)

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
3. An end in time; a conclusion.
4. An end in space; an edge or limit.
5. An outcome or result.
6. 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.
7. (medicine) An induced abortion.
8. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.

9. 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

• extermination
• terminative
• terminative case

Related terms

• terminate

Translations

the process of terminating or the state of being terminated

• Danish: afbrud n
• Finnish: lopettaminen (fi)
• French: terminaison (fr)
• German: Abbruch (de), Kündigung (de)
• Hungarian: befejezés (hu), megszüntetés (hu), megszakítás (hu), lezárás (hu), felbontás (hu), befejeződés (hu), felmondás (hu)
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• Japanese: 打ち切り (uchikiri), 中止 (ja) (chūshi)
• Maori: porotūtukitanga, tauporonga
• Romanian: terminare (ro) f, sfârșire (ro); sfârșit (ro) n
• Spanish: terminación (es) f

the process of firing an employee

• Danish: fyring c
• Finnish: irtisanominen (fi)
• German: Kündigung (de)
• Greek: απόλυση (el) f (apólysi)
• Hungarian: elbocsátás (hu), felmondás (hu)
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• Japanese: 解約 (ja) (kaiyaku), 解雇 (ja) (kaiko)
• Portuguese: rescisão (pt)
• Romanian: concediere (ro) f, disponibilizare f

an end in time; a conclusion

• French: fin (fr) f
• Greek: τέλος (el) n (télos)
• Maori: porotutukitanga
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• Romanian: încheiere (ro) f
• Spanish: terminación (es) f, final (es) m, fin (es) m

an end in space; an edge or limit

• Spanish: final (es) m, terminación (es) f
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an outcome or result

• Greek: κατάληξη (el) f (katálixi)
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the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix

• Belarusian: канча́так m (kančátak)
• Bulgarian: оконча́ние (bg) n (okončánie)
• Catalan: terminació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞尾／词尾 (zh) (cíwěi), 词尾 (zh) (cíwěi), 語尾／语尾 (zh) (yǔwěi), 语尾 (zh) (yǔwěi)

• Czech: koncovka (cs) f
• Dutch: uitgang (nl) m
• Esperanto: finaĵo
• Finnish: pääte (fi)
• French: terminaison (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Endung (de) f
• Greek: κατάληξη (el) f (katálixi)
• Hungarian: végződés (hu), toldalék (hu)
• Japanese: 語尾 (ごび, gobi)
• Korean: 어미 (ko) (eomi)
• Latin: terminatio f, exitus m
• Lithuanian: kaitmuo m
• Macedonian: завршеток m (završetok)
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• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: endelse m, ending m or f

  Nynorsk: ending f

• Old Norse: tíð f
• Polish: końcówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: terminação (pt) f, desinência (pt)
• Romanian: terminație (ro) f
• Russian: оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свршетак m

  Roman: svršetak (sh) m

• Slovak: koncovka f
• Slovene: končnica (sl) f
• Spanish: terminación (es) f, desinencia (es) f
• Turkish: çekim eki (tr)
• Udmurt: кылпум (kylpum)
• Ukrainian: закі́нчення n (zakínčennja)
• Walloon: cawete (wa) f, coron (wa) m

An induced abortion

• Finnish: raskaudenkeskeytys (fi), abortti (fi)
• Greek: έκτρωση (el) f (éktrosi), διακοπή κύησης f (diakopí kýisis)
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• Hungarian: terhességmegszakítás (hu), abortusz (hu)
• Portuguese: aborto (pt) m

ending up of a polypeptid chain

• French: terminaison (fr)
• Italian: terminazione
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• Portuguese: terminação (pt) f
• Spanish: terminación (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} afloop (nl)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} terminación (es) f