terminal

13 definitions • 14 examples

(of a disease or illness) leading gradually to death:

She has terminal cancer.

A terminal patient is one who is seriously ill and will die soon.

extreme, when referring to something unpleasant or negative:

She claims that the shipbuilding industry is in terminal decline.

UK He has nothing to do all day and is suffering from terminal boredom.

the area or building at a station, airport, or port that is used by passengers leaving or arriving by train, aircraft, or ship:

Terminal 3 is used mostly for domestic flights.

a piece of equipment consisting of a keyboard and screen, used for communicating with the part of a computer system that deals with information

the point at which a connection can be made in an electric circuit

the place where a train, bus, aircraft, or ship begins or ends a trip, or the building used by passengers who are arriving or leaving:

Your flight leaves from Terminal 3.

a point at which a connection can be made to an electrical circuit (= system through which electricity flows)

a piece of equipment used for communicating with a computer, esp. a keyboard and screen

(of a disease or illness) leading to death:

His mother has a terminal illness.

a large building at a station, airport, or port where passengers or goods leave or arrive:

Hong Kong's existing eight container terminals handled more than 14.7 million containers last year.

Long queues and crowded terminals are making airports feel like hell on earth this summer.

the Eurostar terminal at Waterloo

They started walking towards the terminal building.

a piece of equipment consisting of a keyboard and screen, that is connected to a central computer system:

They were seated at terminals tapping information into keyboards.

causing something to end or fail:

He doesn't believe their problems are terminal.

This may prove a terminal blow for the troubled state-owned nuclear reprocessor.

be in terminal decline The market is in terminal decline.