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Terminus

The end or final point of something.

📖 Definitions of "Terminus"

noun
  1. 1

    The end or final point of something.

  2. 2

    The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.

  3. 3

    A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.

🔄 Synonyms of "Terminus"

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WordDefinition
closenoun(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
terminalnounA building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
depotnounA storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
conclusionnounThe end, finish, close or last part of something.
lastverbFinal, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
finisnounOf a book or other work: the end.
finishverb(transitive) To complete (something).
finalenounThe grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
destinationnoun(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
stopping pointnounthe temporal end; the concluding time

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WordDefinition
finisnounOf a book or other work: the end.
finishnounAn end; the end of anything.
conclusionnounThe end, finish, close or last part of something.
closenounAn end or conclusion.
lastnoun(shoemaking) A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
destinationnoun(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
finalenounThe grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
depotnounA storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
terminalnounA building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
stopping pointnounthe temporal end; the concluding time
endnounThe terminal point of something in space or time.
limitnounA restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
termnounThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
stopnounA (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
extremitynounA hand or foot.
standnounThe act of standing.
standingnoun(figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
pointnounA small dot or mark.
edgenounAn advantage.
sitenoun(Internet) A website.

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