terminal

Main Entry:
terminal [tur-muh-nl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: final, deadly
Synonyms: bounding, check out*, closing, concluding, eventual, extreme, fatal, hindmost, incurable, killing, lag, last, latest, latter, lethal, limiting, mortal, on way out, period, ultimate, utmost
Notes: a terminus is simply the end or conclusion of something, but a terminal is a structure or installation erected at a terminus
Antonyms: beginning, initial, opening, reviving, starting
Main Entry: terminal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: computer screen, computer input/output device
Synonyms: CRT, VDT, cathode ray tube, display, input device, monitor, screen, video display
Notes: a terminus is simply the end or conclusion of something, but a terminal is a structure or installation erected at a terminus
Main Entry: base
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: headquarters
Synonyms: camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal
Antonyms: annex, branch
Main Entry: boundary
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outer limit
Synonyms: abuttals, ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderland, borderline, bounds, brink, circumference, circumscription, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, limits, line, line of demarcation, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieus, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, terminus, verge
Antonyms: inside, interior, minimum
Main Entry: definitive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: authoritative
Synonyms: absolute, actual, categorical, clear-cut, closing, complete, completing, concluding, conclusive, decisive, definite, determining, downright, ending, exhaustive, express, final, finishing, flat out, last, limiting, nailed down, perfect, plain, precise, real, reliable, settling, specific, straight out, terminal, terminating, ultimate, unambiguous
Notes: definite means 'precise and unmistakable,' 'clear, sharply delineated'; definitive means 'final and conclusive,' 'complete, final, ultimate' - so a definitive example is a perfect example
Antonyms: incomplete, inconclusive, inexact, interim, temporary, unreliable
Main Entry: depot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: storage place; station
Synonyms: annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, halting-place, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, office, repository, stopping-place, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, terminus, waiting room, warehouse, yard
Main Entry: destination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal; place one wants to go
Synonyms: aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journey's end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus
Antonyms: beginning, source, start
Main Entry: end
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme, limit
Synonyms: borderline, bound, boundary, butt end, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, neb, nib, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, tail end, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, ultimate
Antonyms: beginning, cause, foundation, origin
Main Entry: eventual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: future, concluding
Synonyms: closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike, down the road, ending, endmost, ensuing, final, hindmost, in the cards, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious
Antonyms: past
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