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term

US/tɜːm/ common informal
noun (7) verb (1)

noun

1.

a word or expression used for some particular thing

  • “he learned many medical terms”
2.

a limited period of time

  • “a prison term”
  • “he left school before the end of term”
3.

(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement

  • “the contract set out the conditions of the lease”
  • “the terms of the treaty were generous”
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4.

any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

  • “the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree”
5.

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

  • “the major term of a syllogism must occur twice”
6.

the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

  • “a healthy baby born at full term”
Synonyms
7.

verb

1.

Origin

From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”).

Phrases

  • absolute term
  • abstract term
  • at term
  • authorised term
  • authorized term
  • boundary term
  • catch-all term
  • come to terms

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