Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

    Abbruch, Kündigung

  2. (countable, uncountable)The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.

    Kündigung

  3. (countable, uncountable)An end in time; a conclusion.

    a coming to an end of a contract period

  4. (countable, uncountable)An end in space; an edge or limit.

  5. (countable, uncountable)An outcome or result.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The last part of a word.

    Endung

    оконча́ниеokončánije

    закі́нченняzakínčennja

  7. (countable, uncountable)An induced abortion.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

    the act of ending something

  9. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)A word, a term.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Any failure will result in termination.

  2. Tom sued his employer for wrongful termination.

  3. I was devastated when I received my termination notice.

  4. You can only miss so many shifts before termination becomes inevitable.

  5. Conditions for termination of the agreement are listed on the last page.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending:
Русский
By meaning 1
(grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the process of terminating or the state of being terminated:
(grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

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Forms

plural: terminations
Singulartermination
Pluralterminations

regular

Synonyms

31 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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