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end-of-life

end-of-life noun: the termination of the sale of or support for goods and services.

Noun

end-of-life (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) The termination of the sale of or support for goods and services.
    • That operating system version is approaching end-of-life.
  2. (attributive, often) The time near death; (attributively) concerning medical care options for patients who are considered critically ill with prognosis of approaching death.
    • end-of-life palliative care
    • This is but one example of the hard decisions that must be made near end of life.

Verb

end-of-life (third-person singular simple present end-of-lifes, present participle end-of-lifing, simple past and past participle end-of-lifed)

  1. (transitive) To terminate the sale of or support for (a product or service).

Forms of end-of-life

Noun
alternative formend of life
Verb
third-person singular presentend-of-lifes
present participleend-of-lifing
past participleend-of-lifed
pastend-of-lifed

Questions about end-of-life

What does end-of-life mean?
End-of-life means the termination of the sale of or support for goods and services.
What part of speech is end-of-life?
End-of-life can be a noun or a verb.

Words near end-of-life in the dictionary

  1. end-leaf
  2. end-member
  3. end-members
  4. end-node
  5. end-of-history illusion
  6. end-of-life
  7. end-of-lifed
  8. end-of-lifes
  9. end-of-lifing
  10. end-of-pier
  11. end-of-the-pier

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