terminable

«terminable» in Mova's school dictionary: able to be ended or stopped, especially a contract or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Terminable means able to be ended or stopped, especially a contract or agreement (formal, law). tree →

2) Terminable can describe something that has a limited time and will end. tree →

sense in the lessons

This is a stiff legal and exam word. In adult life, a job contract or a rental agreement might be «terminable by either side with one month's notice», meaning either person can end it. Children meet it in exam texts rather than in speech. Phrases: terminable at will, terminable on notice.

examples

• The contract is terminable with one month's notice. tree →
• The agreement is terminable if either side breaks the rules. tree →
• The lease was terminable at any time. tree →
• The job was terminable after the trial period. tree →
• Is this deal terminable, or does it last for ever? tree →

note

Formal, rare word. Verb: terminate (end); opposite: interminable, which strangely means «seeming to go on for ever, very long and boring» (an interminable speech).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «terminable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.