[syn: termination, ending, conclusion]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Termination \Ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. terminatio a bounding,
fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also
termination. See Term.]
1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds;
the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary
termination of hostilities.
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2. That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent;
bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
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3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year,
or of life; the termination of happiness.
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4. End; conclusion; result. --Hallam.
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5. Last purpose of design. [R.]
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6. A word; a term. [R. & Obs.] --Shak.
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7. (Gram.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter;
the part added to a stem in inflection.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
termination
n 1: a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his
driver's license" [syn: termination, expiration,
expiry]
2: a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end
point, endpoint, termination, terminus]
3: something that results; "he listened for the results on the
radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result,
outcome, termination]
4: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final
morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
[syn: ending, termination]
5: the act of ending something; "the termination of the
agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion]