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Definition of terminus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

terminus

noun
 
/ˈtɜːmɪnəs/
 
/ˈtɜːrmɪnəs/
(plural termini
 
/ˈtɜːmɪnaɪ/
 
/ˈtɜːrmɪnaɪ/
)
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  1. the last station at the end of a railway line or the last stop on a bus route
    • It's the terminus for trains from the north.
    Extra Examples
    • When the bus reached the terminus they were waiting to meet us.
    • Waterloo is the UK's first international train terminus.
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTerminus is used after these nouns:
    • railway
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘final point in space or time’): from Latin, ‘end, limit, boundary’.
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