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The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discontinuation, stoppage
Antonyms: continuation
The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discharge, dismissal
Antonyms: none provided
An end in time; a conclusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop
Antonyms: none provided
An end in space; an edge or limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip
Antonyms: none provided
An outcome or result.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consequence, outcome, result, upshot
Antonyms: none provided
The last part of a word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ending, desinence
Antonyms: none provided
An induced abortion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abortion, induced abortion
Antonyms: none provided
A word, a term.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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1808, Humphry Davy, The Bakerian Lecture, on some new Phenomena of chemical Changes produced by Electricity, particularly the Decomposition of the fixed Alkalis, and on the Exhibition of the new substances which constitute their bases; and on the general Nature of alkaline Bodies, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part 1, p. 32. [O]n this idea, in naming the bases of potash and soda, it will be proper to adopt the termination which, by common consent, has been applied to other newly discovered metals... Potasium and sodium are the names...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of ending something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the termination of the agreement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ending, conclusion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of state
Narrower terms: abort, demonetization, demonetisation, release, tone ending, completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up, retirement, relinquishment, relinquishing, dissolution, breakup, overthrow, adjournment, dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking, destruction, devastation, killing, kill, putting to death, abolition, abolishment, liquidation, settlement, withdrawal, drug withdrawal, closure, closedown, shutdown, extinction, extinguishing, quenching, fade, disappearance, abortion, deactivation, defusing, discontinuance, discontinuation
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I don't like words that have -ism as an ending
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ending
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: morpheme
Narrower terms: suffix, postfix, inflectional ending, inflectional suffix
something that results
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he listened for the results on the radio
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: result, resultant, final result, outcome
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ending, conclusion, finish
Narrower terms: denouement, deal, decision, consequence, aftermath, poetic justice, just deserts, separation, sequel, subsequence, worst
a place where something ends or is complete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: end point, endpoint, terminus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: end, terminal
a coming to an end of a contract period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the expiry of his driver's license
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expiration, expiry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: end, ending
Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).
Across languages
Translations 134 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
прекратяване
(prekratjavane)
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Catalan :
terminació
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Danish :
afbrud
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Finnish :
lopettaminen
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
French :
terminaison
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
German :
Abbruch
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
German :
Kündigung
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
befejezés
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
megszüntetés
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
megszakítás
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
lezárás
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
felbontás
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
befejeződés
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Hungarian :
felmondás
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Italian :
terminazione
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Japanese :
打ち切り
(uchikiri)
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Japanese :
中止
(chūshi)
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Malayalam :
അവസാനിപ്പിക്കൽ
(avasānippikkal)
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Māori :
porotūtukitanga
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Māori :
tauporonga
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Polish :
terminacja
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Portuguese :
término
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Romanian :
terminare
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Romanian :
sfârșire
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Romanian :
sfârșit
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Spanish :
terminación
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Turkish :
sonlandırma
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Turkish :
son verme
— the process of terminating or the state of being terminated
Bulgarian :
уволнение
(uvolnenie)
— the process of firing an employee
Danish :
fyring
— the process of firing an employee
Finnish :
irtisanominen
— the process of firing an employee
German :
Kündigung
— the process of firing an employee
Greek :
απόλυση
(apólysi)
— the process of firing an employee
Hungarian :
elbocsátás
— the process of firing an employee
Hungarian :
felmondás
— the process of firing an employee
Japanese :
解約
(kaiyaku)
— the process of firing an employee
Japanese :
解雇
(kaiko)
— the process of firing an employee
Portuguese :
rescisão
— the process of firing an employee
Portuguese :
demissão
— the process of firing an employee
Romanian :
concediere
— the process of firing an employee
Romanian :
disponibilizare
— the process of firing an employee
Spanish :
cesantía
— the process of firing an employee
Turkish :
işten çıkarma
— the process of firing an employee
Bulgarian :
край
(kraj)
— an end in time; a conclusion
Bulgarian :
предел
(predel)
— an end in time; a conclusion
Bulgarian :
завършек
(zavǎršek)
— an end in time; a conclusion
Bulgarian :
завършък
(zavǎršǎk)
— an end in time; a conclusion
French :
fin
— an end in time; a conclusion
Greek :
τέλος
(télos)
— an end in time; a conclusion
Ancient Greek :
τελευτή
(teleutḗ)
— an end in time; a conclusion
Māori :
porotutukitanga
— an end in time; a conclusion
Portuguese :
conclusão
— an end in time; a conclusion
Portuguese :
desfecho
— an end in time; a conclusion
Romanian :
încheiere
— an end in time; a conclusion
Spanish :
terminación
— an end in time; a conclusion
Turkish :
bitiş
— an end in time; a conclusion
Bulgarian :
край
(kraj)
— an end in space; an edge or limit
Bulgarian :
граница
(granica)
— an end in space; an edge or limit
Bulgarian :
предел
(predel)
— an end in space; an edge or limit
Ancient Greek :
τελευτή
(teleutḗ)
— an end in space; an edge or limit
Northern Kurdish :
kotahî
— an end in space; an edge or limit
Spanish :
terminación
— an end in space; an edge or limit
Bulgarian :
резултат
(rezultat)
— an outcome or result
Bulgarian :
последица
(posledica)
— an outcome or result
Greek :
κατάληξη
(katálixi)
— an outcome or result
Azerbaijani :
sonluq
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Bashkir :
ялғау
(yalğaw)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Belarusian :
канча́так
(kančátak)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Breton :
dibenn-ger
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Bulgarian :
оконча́ние
(okončánie)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Catalan :
terminació
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Catalan :
desinència
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Chinese Mandarin :
詞尾 /词尾
(cíwěi)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Chinese Mandarin :
語尾 /语尾
(yǔwěi)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Czech :
koncovka
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Danish :
endelse
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Dutch :
uitgang
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Esperanto :
finaĵo
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Finnish :
pääte
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
French :
terminaison
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
French :
désinence
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
German :
Endung
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Greek :
κατάληξη
(katálixi)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Hungarian :
végződés
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Hungarian :
toldalék
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Icelandic :
ending
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Ingrian :
loppu
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Irish :
foirceann
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Italian :
terminazione
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Italian :
desinenza
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Japanese :
語尾
(gobi)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Korean :
어미
(eomi)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Latin :
terminatio
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Latin :
exitus
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Lithuanian :
kaitmuo
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Macedonian :
завршеток
(završetok)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Norwegian Bokmål :
endelse
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Norwegian Bokmål :
ending
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Norwegian Nynorsk :
ending
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Old Norse :
tíð
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Pannonian Rusyn :
законченє
(zakončenje)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Polish :
końcówka
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Portuguese :
terminação
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Portuguese :
desinência
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Romanian :
terminație
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Romanian :
desinență
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Russian :
оконча́ние
(okončánije)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Serbo-Croatian :
свршетак
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Serbo-Croatian :
svršetak
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Slovak :
koncovka
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Slovene :
končnica
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Spanish :
terminación
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Spanish :
desinencia
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Swedish :
ändelse
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Turkish :
çekim eki
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Turkish :
son ek
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Udmurt :
кылпум
(kylpum)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Ukrainian :
закі́нчення
(zakínčennja)
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Walloon :
cawete
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Walloon :
coron
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Welsh :
terfyniad
— (grammar) the last part (or morpheme) of a word — see also suffix, ending
Bulgarian :
прекъсване
(prekǎsvane)
— An induced abortion
Finnish :
raskaudenkeskeytys
— An induced abortion
Finnish :
abortti
— An induced abortion
Greek :
έκτρωση
(éktrosi)
— An induced abortion
Greek :
διακοπή κύησης
(diakopí kýisis)
— An induced abortion
Hungarian :
terhességmegszakítás
— An induced abortion
Hungarian :
abortusz
— An induced abortion
Portuguese :
aborto
— An induced abortion
Bulgarian :
край
(kraj)
— ending up of a polypeptid chain
French :
terminaison
— ending up of a polypeptid chain
Italian :
terminazione
— ending up of a polypeptid chain
Portuguese :
terminação
— ending up of a polypeptid chain
Spanish :
terminación
— ending up of a polypeptid chain
