What part of speech is terminal?

Terminal can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. terminal is a noun, singular of terminals.
  • 2. terminal is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: terminal 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

Adjective to adverb

What does terminal mean?

Definitions

Adjective

terminal - causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"
terminal - being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"
terminal - relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"
terminal - of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"
terminal - occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"

Noun

terminal - station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
terminal - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
terminal - electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
terminal - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix"

Examples of terminal

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A terminal patient.
2. adj. Terminal cancer.
3. adj. Terminal buds on a branch.
4. adj. A terminal station.
5. adj. The terminal syllable.
6. adj. Terminal examinations.
7. adj. Terminal payments.
8. adj. Freight pickup is a terminal service.
9. adj. Terminal charges.
10. adj. Terminal leave.
11. adj. Suffering from terminal cancer, he was thrown out of a certain veteran hospital in New York three times because he adamantly rejected blood transfusions.
12. adj. My grandfather succumbed to a terminal cancer this year.
13. adj. Tom is terminal.
14. adj. Peak oil, an event based on Hubbert's theory, is the point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production is expected to enter terminal decline.
15. adj. The car is parked in Zone E, space 97. That's out the main door, to the right and down at the end of the terminal building.
16. noun At this point, our IT contacts are backpedalling a bit and suggesting they can overcome the TIBCO and Terminal Server problems.
17. noun Where is the bus terminal?
18. noun Go out of the terminal and turn right.
19. noun Please stay seated until we reach the terminal.
20. noun I board the train at the terminal.
21. noun Where is the south terminal?
22. noun We met them by accident at the bus terminal.
23. noun We ran into them at the bus terminal.
24. noun If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
25. noun It's in terminal 1.
26. noun I took a cab from the bus terminal.
27. noun We hit on them at the bus terminal.
28. noun Data from Hubble are relayed to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) that is in a geosynchronous orbit above Earth. This satellite relays the data to a terminal in White Sands, New Mexico.
29. noun We are bound for Domestic terminal 1. We will not be making any stops at the International terminal, so please take care.
30. noun We have to get him a wheelchair at the terminal.
Sentence  
adj.
A terminal patient.
Terminal cancer.
Terminal buds on a branch.
A terminal station.
The terminal syllable.
Terminal examinations.
Terminal payments.
Freight pickup is a terminal service.
Terminal charges.
Terminal leave.
Suffering from terminal cancer, he was thrown out of a certain veteran hospital in New York three times because he adamantly rejected blood transfusions.
My grandfather succumbed to a terminal cancer this year.
Tom is terminal.
Peak oil, an event based on Hubbert's theory, is the point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production is expected to enter terminal decline.
The car is parked in Zone E, space 97. That's out the main door, to the right and down at the end of the terminal building.
noun
At this point, our IT contacts are backpedalling a bit and suggesting they can overcome the TIBCO and Terminal Server problems.
Where is the bus terminal?
Go out of the terminal and turn right.
Please stay seated until we reach the terminal.
I board the train at the terminal.
Where is the south terminal?
We met them by accident at the bus terminal.
We ran into them at the bus terminal.
If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
It's in terminal 1.
I took a cab from the bus terminal.
We hit on them at the bus terminal.
Data from Hubble are relayed to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) that is in a geosynchronous orbit above Earth. This satellite relays the data to a terminal in White Sands, New Mexico.
We are bound for Domestic terminal 1. We will not be making any stops at the International terminal, so please take care.
We have to get him a wheelchair at the terminal.

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