{
    "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’."
}