terminations

Noun

termination (countable and uncountable, plural terminations)

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
   • At all terminal stations, where running speeds are low, fixed termination simple catenary equipment has been installed.1959 June, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379

   Synonyms:

   discontinuation, stoppage

   Antonyms:

   continuation

2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.

   Synonyms:

   discharge, dismissal

3. An end in time; a conclusion.

   Synonyms:

   close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop

4. An end in space; an edge or limit.

   Synonyms:

   border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip

5. An outcome or result.
   • Long indeed did that morning appear to Francesca—the longer as her anxiety was unexpressed; for it certainly does shorten a period of waiting not a little to spend it in talking over its various probabilities of termination, wondering what will happen, while we are consoled by the strong sympathy...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 111

   Synonyms:

   consequence, outcome, result, upshot

6. The last part of a word.
   • 1. Some adjectives of the third declension have three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders.
     1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same...1849, E. A. Andrews, A First Latin Book; Or Progressive Lessons in Reading and Writing Latin, 2nd edition, Boston, page 52 & 69

   Synonyms:

   ending, desinence

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