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# termination

«termination» in Mova's school dictionary: **the ending of something, like a contract, a job or a service** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (termination, terminations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Termination is the ending of something, like a contract, a job or a service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#m1)

2) (formal) Termination of employment means a person is dismissed from a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#m2)

3) (medical, formal) A termination is the ending of a pregnancy on purpose (an abortion). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in official letters and exam language: «termination of the agreement», «termination of contract». In everyday life people say «end», «sacked» or «let go». On trains or buses «this service terminates here» is related. In grammar, a «termination» can mean the ending of a word.

### examples

- The company sent a letter about the termination of his contract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x1)
- After the termination of the bus service, the village felt cut off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x2)
- The termination of the match was due to heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x3)
- Her termination from the job came as a shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x4)
- The rules explain the termination of membership. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x5)
- The word «running» has the termination «-ing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x6)
- The whole of the story is, towards its termination, fully explained by one of its principal characters--one of the four maidens whom Saktideva simultaneously marries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/#x7)

### note

Verb: terminate; adjective: terminal. Formal; it often hides a hard fact softly (a euphemism for being fired). Do not confuse with «extermination» (killing all of something). The medical sense is a serious adult topic.

### In the corpora

- ["Termination" is the official word for an abortion, ending a pregnancy on purpose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «termination» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.