Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of terminating or the condition of being terminated.
- noun The end of something in time; the conclusion.
- noun An end of something in space; a limit or edge.
- noun A result; an outcome.
- noun Linguistics The end of a word, as a suffix, inflectional ending, or final morpheme.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ins. law, the end of the. voyage of a vessel, namely, when it has been safely moored at the dock of its destination for twenty-four hours. The risk on the cargo is not ended by this fact.
- noun Bound; limit in space or extent: as, the termination of a field.
- noun The act of limiting, or setting bounds; the act of terminating; the act of ending or concluding: as, Thursday was set for the termination of the debate.
- noun End in time or existence: as, the termination of life.
- noun In grammar, the end or ending of a word; the part annexed to the root or stem of an inflected word (a case-ending or other formative), or in general a syllable or letter, or number of letters, at the end of a word.
- noun Conclusion; completion; issue; result: as, the affair was brought to a happy termination.
- noun Decision; determination.
- noun That which ends or finishes off, as, in architecture, a finial or a pinnacle.
- noun Word; term.
- noun The extremity of a crystal when formed by one or more crystalline faces. A crystal whose natural end has been broken off is said to be without termination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding.
- noun That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end.
- noun End in time or existence.
- noun End; conclusion; result.
- noun rare Last purpose of design.
- noun R. & Obs. A word; a term.
- noun (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of
terminating or the state of beingterminated . - noun The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- noun An
end intime ; aconclusion . - noun An end in
space ; anedge orlimit . - noun An
outcome orresult . - noun The last part of a
word ; asuffix . - noun medicine An induced
abortion . - noun obsolete (rare) A word, a term.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- noun the act of ending something
- noun a coming to an end of a contract period
- noun something that results
- noun a place where something ends or is complete
Etymologies
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Examples
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“The phrase termination with prejudice has nothing to do with extreme actions ditto for extreme prejudice,” he notes, “but merely with the discharge of an agent and a notation not to rehire.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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“The phrase termination with prejudice has nothing to do with extreme actions ditto for extreme prejudice,” he notes, “but merely with the discharge of an agent and a notation not to rehire.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The word "termination" often means there's more digging to do, says Marc Dobin , a securities lawyer in Jupiter, Fla.
Digging Up Dirt. And Deciphering It. Suzanne Barlyn 2011
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JUDGE DAVID YOUNG, HOST, "JUDGE DAVID YOUNG": They can under what they call a termination of parental rights.
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It is clear that Hennie Bester was dishonest in creating the panic around what he called the termination of Community Patrol Officers
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It is clear that Hennie Bester was dishonest in creating the panic around what he called the termination of Community Patrol Officers (CPO's).
DA SECRET ELECTION STRATEGY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CAMPAIGN STATEMENT FROM EBRAHIM RASOOL 2000
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"I don't want to speculate," Murphy said, about reasons for what he called a termination
azcentral.com | news 2009
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Some companies have adapted a zero-tolerance policy resulting in termination for employees who use a cell phone while driving company vehicles.
Drive Safely Work Week: Encouraging employers to adopt safe driving policies 2010
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What I am looking for are the actual numbers as they stand today to be able to know whether a termination is on order:
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Although the waves of scandal have subsided since City Manager David Brown, faced with certain termination by the City Commission, took early retirement from his $185,000-a-year post in November, the city is struggling to ride out the backwash.
Sunday Reading 2009
kalli commented on the word termination
An ugly word used to hide the ugly meaning of better words when the ugliness they show should be exposed.
January 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word termination
The ugliest use I can think of is when this word is used in place of abortion.
January 3, 2008