Termination
[tɜːmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or ['tɝmə'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of ending something; 'the termination of the agreement'.
(noun.) a coming to an end of a contract period; 'the expiry of his driver's license'.
Typed by Geoffrey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
(n.) That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.
(n.) End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.
(n.) End; conclusion; result.
(n.) Last purpose of design.
(n.) A word; a term.
(n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Inputed by Josiah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ending.[2]. Limit, bound, period.[3]. End, conclusion, completion, issue, result, consequence, effect.
Edited by Dorothy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ending, conclusion, fulfilment, achievement, completion, accomplishment,consummation, limit, extent, bound, end, finality, effect, consequence, result,issue, exit
ANT:Beginning, inception, initiation, inchoation, start, origin, rise, source,commencement, cause, operation, process, course, tendency
Editor: Rosanne
Examples
- Margaret would not tell any human being of what she had said, and she did not reveal the fatal termination to Leonards' fall from the platform. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At this period, the termination of an animal's love for its offspring,--the true affection of the human parent commences. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I see a successful termination for it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He hurried in, and witnessed the termination of my impassioned harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But I was impatient to arrive at the termination of my journey. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Notice was at once given by him to General Johnston for the termination of the truce that had been entered into. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Constitution was therefore in abeyance for the time being, so far as it in any way affected the progress and termination of the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At its termination, Colonel Dent and his party consulted in whispers for two minutes, then the Colonel called out-- Bride! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mrs. Bardell,' said Mr. Pickwick, at last, as that amiable female approached the termination of a prolonged dusting of the apartment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Till the termination of her natural life, this breach between Mrs. Sedley and her daughter was never thoroughly mended. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This valley or gorge is probably the work of the inflowing waters of the ocean at the termination of the period of interior drainage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The kitchen was full of all his compeers, who had hurried and crowded in, from the various cabins, to hear the termination of the day's exploits. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Sam sat opposite him in perfect silence, waiting, with eager curiosity, for the termination of the scene. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These proceedings will come to a termination, and then I am provided for. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The attack, from its commencement to its termination, had not occupied an hour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Olaf