'Termination' definitions:
Definition of 'termination'
From: WordNet
noun
A coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" [syn: termination, expiration, expiry]
noun
noun
Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination]
noun
The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" [syn: ending, termination]
noun
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion]
Definition of 'Termination'
From: GCIDE
- Termination \Ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.]
- 1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line. [1913 Webster]
- 3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness. [1913 Webster]
- 4. End; conclusion; result. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Last purpose of design. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'termination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abortion,
- apodosis,
- bitter end,
- breakoff,
- catastrophe,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- climax,
- close,
- closing,
- coda,
- completing,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- crack of doom,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- death,
- decease,
- denouement,
- desinence,
- desistance,
- destination,
- destiny,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- doom,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- expiration,
- fate,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- finishing,
- full development,
- goal,
- issue,
- izzard,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- maturation,
- maturity,
- omega,
- outcome,
- payoff,
- perfection,
- period,
- peroration,
- quietus,
- relinquishment,
- renunciation,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- result,
- ripeness,
- rounding off,
- rounding out,
- shutdown,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- stopping place,
- suffix,
- surcease,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- topping off,
- windup,
- Z
Words containing 'Termination'
- Terminable,
- Terminableness,
- Terminal,
- Terminant,
- Terminate,
- Terminated,
- Terminating,
- Terminational,
- Terminative,
- Terminatively,
- Terminator,
- Termine,
- Terminer,
- Terminism,
- terminally,
- Terminable annuity,
- Terminal moraine,
- Terminal statue,
- Terminal velocity,
- air terminal,
- airport terminal,
- bus terminal,
- freight terminal,
- railroad terminal,
- remote terminal,
- terminable interest,
- terminal case,
- terminal emulation,
- terminal figure,
- terminal leave,
- terminal point,
- terminal reserve,
- job-oriented terminal,
- link-attached terminal