Termination (Noun)
Meaning 1
A place where something ends or is complete.
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 2
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Abolishment
- Dismission
- Drug Withdrawal
- Quenching
- Release
- Closedown
- Settlement
- Disappearance
- Tone Ending
- Breakup
- Culmination
- Windup
- Putting To Death
- Firing
- Shutdown
- Defusing
- Discontinuation
- Discharge
- Sack
- Devastation
- Closing
- Extinguishing
- Relinquishing
- Demonetisation
- Liberation
- Dissolution
- Sacking
- Mop Up
- Kill
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Meaning 3
A coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The company announced the termination of the employee's contract, effective immediately.
- The lease agreement stated that the tenant would be responsible for damages in the event of early termination.
- The employee was shocked to receive a notice of termination of her employment after five years with the company.
- The termination date of the rental agreement was clearly stated in the contract as December 31st.
- The lawyer reviewed the contract to ensure that the terms of termination were fair and reasonable.
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Meaning 4
The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.