termination

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Formal

n. the act of making someone leave their job.

n. the act of ending an employee's period of employment, whether voluntary or involuntary.

“He received a letter of termination after failing to meet his sales targets.”

“Human Resources handled the termination with professional discretion, ensuring all severance protocols were followed according to the employee's original contract.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Medicine Formal · Technical

n. a medical operation to end a pregnancy.

n. the medical procedure of induced abortion.

“She went to the clinic to discuss the termination of her pregnancy.”

“The patient requested a medical termination after the screening revealed severe genetic abnormalities that would prevent the foetus from surviving until birth.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Science Academic · Technical

n. the last part of a word, like a suffix.

n. the final part of a word, especially an inflectional or derivational suffix.

“In Latin, the termination of a noun tells you its role in the sentence.”

“The linguist noted that the specific termination used in this dialect differs significantly from the standard grammatical rules of the mainland.”