terminable

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /ˈtɝmɪnəbl/ UK /ˈtɜːmɪnəbl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being brought to an end or having a fixed limit

The contract is terminable on thirty days' notice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being brought to... finite limitedendabledeterminable

Opposites

interminable endless perpetual permanent

Word family

Derived forms terminablenessterminability

Related forms terminate terminal term terminus

Etymology

From terminate + -able, or directly from Late Latin terminabilis, from Latin terminare ('to limit, end'), from terminus ('boundary, limit').

terminare Latin terminus Latin

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Topics

Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives

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# terminable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɝmɪnəbl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɜːmɪnəbl/

## Meanings
1. capable of being brought to an end or having a fixed limit

## Examples
- The contract is terminable on thirty days' notice.

## Synonyms
- finite
- limited
- endable
- determinable

## Antonyms
- interminable
- endless
- perpetual
- permanent

## Derived Forms
- terminableness
- terminability

## Related Forms
- terminate
- terminal
- term
- terminus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: terminare
- Root: terminus

## Etymology
From terminate + -able, or directly from Late Latin terminabilis, from Latin terminare ('to limit, end'), from terminus ('boundary, limit').

## AI Etymology
Terminable is from terminate + -able, or directly from Late Latin terminabilis, from Latin terminare ('to limit, end'), from terminus ('boundary, limit'). Important recorded forms include terminare (Latin) and terminus (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers capable of being brought to an end or having a fixed limit. The wider family includes derived forms such as terminableness and terminability and related words such as terminate, terminal, term, and terminus.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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