■ adjective
1》 forming or situated at the end of something.
↘of or forming a transport ~.
2》 (of a disease) predicted to lead to death.
↘having or relating to a ~ disease.
3》 informal extreme and irreversible.
4》 done or occurring each school, college, etc. term.
■ noun
1》 the end of a railway or other transport route, or a station at this point.
↘a departure and arrival building for passengers at an airport.
2》 a point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
3》 a device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer and which displays the received output.
4》 an installation where oil or gas is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port.
5》 (also ~ figure ) Architecture a terminus.
6》 Brit. a patient with a ~ illness.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
Origin
C19: from L. ~is , from terminus 'end, boundary'.