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pretermination

pretermination adjective: prior to termination.

Adjective

pretermination (not comparable)

  1. Prior to termination.

Noun

pretermination (plural preterminations)

  1. An early termination.

Forms of pretermination

pluralpreterminations

Origin of pretermination

From pre- + termination.

Questions about pretermination

What does pretermination mean?
Pretermination means prior to termination.
What part of speech is pretermination?
Pretermination can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pretermination in the dictionary

  1. pretermer
  2. pretermers
  3. preterminal
  4. preterminally
  5. preterminated
  6. pretermination
  7. preterminations
  8. pretermission
  9. pretermissions
  10. pretermit
  11. pretermits

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