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English noun: termination | |||
| 1. | termination (time) a coming to an end of a contract period | ||
| Samples | The expiry of his driver's license. | ||
| Synonyms | expiration, expiry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, ending | ||
| 2. | termination (location) a place where something ends or is complete | ||
| Synonyms | end point, endpoint, terminus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, terminal | ||
| 3. | termination (event) something that results | ||
| Samples | He listened for the results on the radio. | ||
| Synonyms | final result, outcome, result, resultant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, finish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aftermath, consequence, deal, decision, decision, denouement, just deserts, poetic justice, separation, sequel, subsequence, worst | ||
| 4. | termination (communication) the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme) | ||
| Samples | I don't like words that have -ism as an ending. | ||
| Synonyms | ending | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | morpheme | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | inflectional ending, inflectional suffix, postfix, suffix | ||
| 5. | termination (act) the act of ending something | ||
| Samples | The termination of the agreement. | ||
| Synonyms | conclusion, ending | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abolishment, abolition, abort, abortion, adjournment, breakup, closedown, closing, closing, closure, completion, culmination, deactivation, defusing, demonetisation, demonetization, destruction, devastation, disappearance, discharge, discontinuance, discontinuation, dismissal, dismission, dissolution, dissolution, drug withdrawal, extinction, extinguishing, fade, firing, kill, killing, liberation, liquidation, mop up, overthrow, putting to death, quenching, release, release, relinquishing, relinquishment, retirement, sack, sacking, settlement, shutdown, tone ending, windup, withdrawal | ||
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