termination
The process of terminating or the state of being terminatedThe process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
» Any failure will result in termination.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
Abbruch, Kündigung
(countable, uncountable)The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
Kündigung
(countable, uncountable)An end in time; a conclusion.
a coming to an end of a contract period
(countable, uncountable)An end in space; an edge or limit.
(countable, uncountable)An outcome or result.
(countable, uncountable)The last part of a word.
Endung
оконча́ниеokončánije
закі́нченняzakínčennja
(countable, uncountable)An induced abortion.
(countable, uncountable)The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
the act of ending something
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)A word, a term.
Examples
7 sentencesAny failure will result in termination.
Tom sued his employer for wrongful termination.
I was devastated when I received my termination notice.
You can only miss so many shifts before termination becomes inevitable.
Conditions for termination of the agreement are listed on the last page.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).
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Forms
plural: terminations| Singular | termination |
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Synonyms
31 synonyms- the act of ending something:endingconclusion
- a coming to an end of a contract period:expirationexpiry
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme):ending
- a place where something ends or is complete:end pointendpointterminus
- something that results:resultresultantfinal resultoutcome
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable