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the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
terminal
Noun
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A terminal is the end of a train track or bus route. It is the station or the last stop.
The bus drove into the terminal and all the people got off.
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A computer screen and keyboard, which are at the end of a wire joining them to a computer.
She sat at the computer terminal and typed some words.
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A terminal is a building in an airport where passengers transfer to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
terminal
Adjective
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The last. At the end, in time or in space. A terminal illness is a sickness that will make the person die.