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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.
case
Noun
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A case is a container to hold something.
He opened the case and pulled out his violin.
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A case is a matter for police or in court.
The judge did not accept his case.
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A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.
The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.
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A case is a person of a certain kind.
That man is sure a hard case.
case
Verb
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If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.
We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.