term
Other forms: terms; termed; terming
A term is a word or expression used with a particular meaning. "Rap," "punk," "grunge," and "heavy metal" are terms that describe particular styles of music. "Sweetie" is a term of endearment, at least to most people.
Terms can also mean the conditions of an agreement: when you rent an apartment, you agree to certain terms — that you'll pay the rent, you won't have loud parties, etc. If you're "on good terms with someone," you like each other. Term can also be a defined period of time. Spring term at school is the spring semester, and you may be assigned a term paper — to demonstrate how brilliant you've become during that time period.
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a limited period of time“a prison term”“he left school before the end of term”types:hard timea term served in a maximum security prisonsummer schoolan academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary studysemesterone of two divisions of an academic yeartrimesterone of three divisions of an academic yearquarterone of four periods into which the school year is dividedepiscopatethe term of office of a bishoptype of:
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the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminentsynonyms: full term
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name formally or designate with a term
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a word or expression used for some particular thing
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(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
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one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition“the major term of a syllogism must occur twice”types:subject(logic) the first term of a propositionpredicate(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copulareferentthe first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relaterelatuma term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the propositioncategorem, categoremea categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical propositionmajor termthe term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusionminor termthe term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusionmiddle termthe term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusiontype of:constituent, grammatical constituent(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial“the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree”type of:quantitythe concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
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(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Romesynonyms: terminal figure, terminustype of:statuea sculpture representing a human or animal
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Vocabulary lists containing term
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