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Definition: TERMINATING |
TERMINATINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Terminate |
Date "TERMINATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Post & Telecom | Pertaining to traffic in a network, to indicate that the destinations of the traffic are located within this network. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I have wondered for twenty-six years what this would feel like; thank you for terminating the suspense (The 56th Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Arthur C. Clarke; Peter Hyams) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is a sceptre terminating in an umbrella |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | They climbed high trees, as nimbly as a squirrel, for they had strong extended claws before and behind, terminating in sharp points, and hooked |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Additionally, mobile telephone operator connection rates have reduced by nearly 75% between September and December 2000. However, the per-minute charges tariffs, particularly for calls terminating on the Telkom fixed national network, remain prohibitive to average users. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cuba | The Government responded by terminating their employment, relocating them to remote and undesirable health care facilities, or ostracizing them. (references) |
Ukraine | Administrators of universities and academic and research institute directors possess the power to silence colleagues by denying them the ability to publish, withholding pay and housing benefits, or directly terminating them. (references) | |
Economic History | France | Procedures and conditions for terminating the relationship should be clearly defined. (references) |
Human Rights | Nicaragua | Due to sustained criticism of voluntary police for their involvement in human rights violations, in August 2000, former chief of police Franco Montealegre approved a new police statute terminating the employment of all voluntary police in Managua. (references) |
Worker Rights | Turkey | The law governing collective bargaining, strikes, and lockouts, prohibits the employer from terminating workers who encourage or participate in a legal strike. (references) |
Belize | Some employers have been known to block union organization by terminating the employment of key union sympathizers, usually on grounds purportedly unrelated to union activities. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | In terminating Indian hostilities, as must soon be done, in a formidable shape at least, the emigration, which has heretofore been great, will probably increase, and the demand for land and the augmentation in its value be in like proportion. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "TERMINATING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 93.48% of the time. "TERMINATING" is used about 138 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 93.48% | 129 | 28,132 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.8% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.72% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 138 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "TERMINATING": mobile terminating call ♦ network terminating point ♦ state U9 "MS terminating call confirmed". Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "TERMINATING": circuit-terminating, life-terminating, non-terminating, self-terminating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "TERMINATING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 终止 (Breakup, Expiry, terminate, terminated, termination). (various references) | |
Danish | afsluttende. (various references) | |
Dutch | afsluitend. (various references) | |
Finnish | tila U9 "matkaviestimeen saapunut kutsu vahvistettu-valmis yhteyden muodostukseen (state U9 "MS terminating call confirmed"), yhteydenohjausyksikkö tilassa U10 (mobile terminating CC-state U10), verkon päätepiste (network terminating point, network termination point), NTP (network terminating point, network termination point, normal transmitted power), matkaviestimeen saapuva puhelu (call or short message intended to be delivered to the mobile station, mobile terminating call, MT call), matkaviestimeen saapuva kutsu (call or short message intended to be delivered to the mobile station, mobile terminating call, MT call). (various references) | |
French | terminant, de destination. (various references) | |
German | Beendigung (closure, completion, conclusion, determining, ending, termination). (various references) | |
Greek | απολήγων, τερματικός. (various references) | |
Hungarian | R-ben végződő szavak (words terminating in r). (various references) | |
Italian | d'arrivo. (various references) | |
Korean | 종결 (Concluding). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erminatingtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | de destino. (various references) | |
Russian | завершать завершение. (various references) | |
Spanish | de destino. (various references) | |
Swedish | tillstånd U9 "bekräftelse av samtal mot mobilterminal" (state U9 "MS terminating call confirmed"), avslutning av CC-tillstånd U10 från mobilterminal (mobile terminating CC-state U10), anrop till mobilterminal (call or short message intended to be delivered to the mobile station, mobile terminating call, MT call), anrop till mobil station (call or short message intended to be delivered to the mobile station, mobile terminating call, MT call). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TERMINATING": exterminating, nonterminating. (additional references) | |
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"TERMINATING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: terminaling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TERMINATING" (pronounced ter"munā'ting) |
| 9 | t er" m u n ā' t i ng | exterminating. |
| 7 | -m u n ā' t i ng | contaminating, culminating, discriminating, disseminating, dominating, eliminating, emanating, illuminating, incriminating, laminating, nominating, predominating. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t i ng | alienating, assassinating, chlorinating, coordinating, decaffeinating, detonating, fascinating, hydrogenating, impersonating, originating, procrastinating, rejuvenating, resonating, subordinating, urinating. |
| 5 | -n ā' t i ng | alternating, designating, donating, stagnating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, abbreviating, abdicating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alleviating, allocating, articulating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contemplating, cooperating, corroborating, cultivating, debilitating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deteriorating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, disintegrating, dissipating, domesticating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, illustrating, imitating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stimulating, stipulating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, appointing, abutting, accenting, accepting, abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: intreating. | |
-2 letters: intimater, intrigant, iterating, itinerant, mattering, nattering, nitrating, rattening, remaining, reminting, remitting, retaining, retinting. | |
-3 letters: arginine, attiring, emigrant, emitting, gnattier, imaginer, inarming, intermit, intimate, intranet, martinet, meriting, migraine, mitering, mitigate, remating, renaming, retiming, tainting, training, trainmen, treating, triennia. | |
-4 letters: aginner, airtime, airting, anteing, antigen, earning, engrain, entrain, entrant, garment, gentian, germina, ginnier, gittern. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-i-m-n-n-r-t-t" | |
+2 letters: exterminating, regimentation. | |
+3 letters: intermediating, nonterminating, regimentations, retransmitting. | |
+4 letters: interpermeating, recontaminating, underestimating. | |
+5 letters: magnetostriction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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