terminus
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- noun
- /ˈtɜːrmɪnəs/
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terminal
- In March, the highway was plowed to within about 1 mile of the terminus, so we interviewed visitors there.
Examples
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Early streetcar lines often had amusement parks at the terminus to promote two-way travel.
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The bus arrived at the terminus, marking the end of the route for the day.
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However, its terminus is approximately 1 hour east of San Antonio.
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A chart has been made up showing these calls from point of origin to terminus.
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And in Brooklyn, it could travel beyond its current terminus to provide transfers to more subway lines.
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Looking behind, she saw that two doors opened onto the bridge on either side of the elevator's terminus.
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By 1570, the Mexican terminus had been firmly established at Acapulco.
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At Mui Wo Pier bus terminus, there are bus routes to all parts of Lantau.
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On January 1, 2001, a 39-year-old systems engineer began walking north from Springer Mountain in Georgia, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
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Edgartown is also the terminus for the ferry to Chappaquiddick Island at the extreme east end of Martha's Vineyard.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.0
The final part of something, like an event or story
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2.0
The place a person or thing is going to at the end of a journey
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3.5
A building where passengers begin or end a journey, for example at an airport
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4.1
The point when something stops or finishes
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5.4
A place or time when something ends
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1.8
A station where people get on and off buses at the start or end of routes
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3.4
A station at the end of a train line where trains load or unload people and goods
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3.9
The place or moment when something finishes
The last point of a path, journey, or process
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Etymology
Terminus comes from the Latin word terminus, meaning 'end' or 'boundary', and shares the same root as terminal and term. Picture a train reaching the boundary of the line — the last stop. So a terminus today is the final station where travel ends.