terminal

An airport building where people check in, wait, and leave for their flights.

• Our flight leaves from the new terminal.
• A shuttle runs between the airport terminals.
• We met near the terminal entrance.

Common phrases: airport terminal, departure terminal, terminal entrance

A station where bus or train journeys begin or end.

• The bus arrived at the terminal.
• We waited outside the railway terminal.
• Which terminal does this coach leave from?

Similar words: terminus

Common phrases: bus terminal, rail terminal, terminal building

A screen and keyboard, or a program, used to give a computer instructions and see its responses.

• She typed a command into the terminal.
• Two terminals were connected to the main computer.
• Open a terminal window to run the program.

Common phrases: computer terminal, terminal window, open a terminal, data terminal

A device that sends or receives signals through a connection.

• The terminal receives signals from a satellite.
• Several terminals share the same communication line.
• Engineers tested the new network terminal.

Common phrases: satellite terminal, network terminal, mobile terminal

An illness that cannot be cured and will cause death.

• His father has terminal cancer.
• The doctor told her the illness was terminal.
• The hospital provides care for people with terminal diseases.

Similar words: fatal

Common phrases: terminal illness, terminal cancer, terminal disease

At the end of something, or marking its end.

• The terminal stage of the process takes an hour.
• A full stop is a terminal punctuation mark.
• The diagram shows the terminal point of the route.

Similar words: final, last

Opposites: initial

Common phrases: terminal stage, terminal position, terminal punctuation