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termination

termination

3 6.7
The end part of a word, like the suffix '-ness' that changes its form
  • noun
  • /ˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desinencia
  • Now, this makes a little bit more sense in Greek than it does in English, but you could also think of some of the terminations of suffixes that we use.
  • termination of pregnancy
  • chain termination

Examples

  • At the end of the monitoring period, suction termination was completed in the usual way.

    Academic text (1992)

  • A 5- or 7-pin MTA header is included to provide termination to the motor and encoder with a single connector.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Take a look at your copy of the apartment lease and note the termination date.

    Blog text (29)

  • The standard termination is 0.187 in.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The technician is typing in an elaborate termination code.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The PPA period in a woman is an interval that begins at the termination of a conception and ends with the resumption of ovulation.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The acoustic pressure radiated at the lip termination of the vocal tract is the output signal and is analogous to an audio recording.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The termination of the word 'happiness' is the suffix '-ness.'

  • In linguistics, termination refers to the final sound or part of a word.

  • We analyzed the termination of verbs in various languages to understand their conjugation patterns.

Synonyms

ending
vstermination
  • Specialized
43 2.8

The letters added to a word to change its form, for example -s or -ness

is the broader term for any final morpheme in words
inflectional ending
vstermination
  • Specialized
6.1

Letters added to the end of a word to show grammar, such as tense, number or case

is the general name covering final morphemes beyond grammatical markers
inflectional suffix
vstermination
  • Specialized
7.3

An ending added to a word to show tense or number without changing its main meaning

is the broader term that includes this and other final morphemes

Surface Forms

termination singular
terminations plural

Morphology

termination = terminate (semi-transparent) = terminate + ion

Derived from 'terminate' by nominalization, but this sense (a linguistic 'ending' of a word) is a specialized technical use that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Termination comes from the Latin terminus and the ending -ation, with English relatives like term and terminal; terminus meant 'boundary' or 'end'. In language, a termination is the 'ending' part of a word, like '-ness' in 'happiness', so the origin explains it as the word's final part.