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{
"term": "terminal",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a building or set of buildings at an airport where passengers arrive and leave",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A second terminal was opened last year."
},
{
"text": "Your flight leaves from Terminal 3."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by air"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["international", "air", "airport"],
"terminal + noun": ["building"],
"preposition": ["at a/the terminal", "in a/the terminal"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a place, building or set of buildings where journeys by train, bus or boat begin or end",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **railway/bus/ferry terminal**"
},
{
"text": "The new high-speed train will stop at a terminal to be built at Kings Cross station."
},
{
"text": "They intend to build a massive new rail terminal."
},
{
"text": "When I woke up I was in the bus terminal."
}
],
"topics": [
"Transport by water",
"Transport by bus and train",
"Buildings"
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["international", "air", "airport"],
"terminal + noun": ["building"],
"preposition": ["at a/the terminal", "in a/the terminal"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a piece of equipment, usually consisting of a keyboard and a screen that joins the user to a central computer system",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Internet terminals have been installed at most libraries."
},
{
"text": "All she did was press a few keys on the terminal."
},
{
"text": "The larger financial institutions have over 200 news and data terminals in their offices."
},
{
"text": "There were two students at each terminal."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["computer", "Internet", "network"],
"verb + terminal": ["connect", "install", "use"],
"terminal + noun": ["screen", "server"],
"preposition": ["at a/the terminal", "on a/the terminal"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a point at which connections can be made in an electric circuit",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **positive/negative terminal**"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːmɪnl/",
"audio": "te/terminal/terminal__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtɜːrmɪnl/",
"audio": "te/terminal/terminal__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from Latin terminalis, from terminus ‘end, boundary’."
}