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ter·mi·na·tion  audio  (tūrm-nshn) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. The act of terminating or the condition of being terminated.
    1. The end of something in time; the conclusion.
    2. An end of something in space; a limit or edge.
  3. A result; an outcome.
  4. Linguistics The end of a word, as a suffix, inflectional ending, or final morpheme.


OTHER FORMS:
termi·nation·al (Adjective)


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