termine

Definitions of termine
  1. noun
    the act of ending something
    synonyms: cessazione, chiusura, conclusione
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    coronamento
    a concluding action
    prepensionamento
    withdrawal from your position or occupation
    dissoluzione
    the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
    sovversione, sovvertimento
    the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
    congedo, defenestrazione, destituzione, dimissione, licenziamento
    the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
    devastazione, distruzione, scempio
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
    ammazzamento, uccisione
    the act of terminating a life
    abolizione, annullamento, cancellazione, risoluzione, soppressione
    the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
    definizione
    termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
    estinzione, smorzamento, spegnimento
    the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
    scomparsa, sparizione
    gradually ceasing to be visible
    consumazione, consumo
    the act of bringing to completion or fruition
    cedimento, ritirata
    the act of ceding
    terremoto
    the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    defenestrazione
    dismissal from office
    disfacimento, malora, morte, rovina
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
    annichilazione, annichilimento, annientamento
    destruction by annihilating something
    decimazione
    destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
    assassinio, omicidio
    the killing of a human being by another human being
    soppressione
    killing a person or animal
    autodistruzione, autolesionismo, suicidio
    the act of killing yourself
    carneficina, ecatombe, eccidio, macello, massacro, scempio, sterminio, strage
    the killing of animals (as for food)
    avvelenamento, intossicazione
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
    soffocamento, soffocazione
    killing by depriving of oxygen
    immolazione, sacrificio
    the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
    decapitazione, decollazione
    killing by cutting off the head
    disinnesco
    breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
    cassazione, scioglimento
    (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
    boicottaggio, sabotaggio
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
    sterminio
    the act of exterminating
    genocidio
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
    abbattimento, demolizione
    the act of demolishing
    vandalismo
    willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
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    cambiamento, cambio
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
  2. noun
    the temporal end; the concluding time
  3. noun
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    synonyms: parola, vocabolo
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    anagramma
    a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
    diminutivo
    a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
    forma, stampato
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    prestito
    a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    neologismo
    a newly invented word or phrase
    nomenclatura, terminologia
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    plurale
    the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    singolare
    the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
    base, radicale, radice, stelo, tema
    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    articolo, voce
    the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
    nome, sostantivo
    a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
    verbo
    a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
    preposizione
    a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
    pronome
    a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
    referente
    something that refers; a term that refers to another term
    abbreviazione, sigla
    a shortened form of a word or phrase
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    unità linguistica
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  4. noun
    the boundary of a specific area
    synonyms: confine, demarcazione, limitare, limite, linea di confine
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    bordatura
    the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
    falda, lembo, orlatura, orlo
    the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
    bordatura, bordo, bordura, modanatura, profilo
    a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
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    contorno, linea
    the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  5. noun
    a final part or section
    synonyms: appendice, chiusa, chiusura, coda, conclusione, fine, terminazione
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    antonyms:
    attacco, germoglio, inizio, principio
    the first part or section of something
    mezzo
    an intermediate part or section
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    compartimento, compartizione, comparto, divisione, frazionamento, parte, partizione, ripartizione, sezione, suddivisione
    one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
  6. noun
    as far as something can go
    synonyms: limite, segno
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    gittata, portata
    the limits within which something can be effective
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