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term (tʉrm)

noun

  1. Archaic a point of time designating the beginning or end of a period
  2. a set date, as for payment, termination of tenancy, etc.
  3. a set period of time; duration; specif.,
    1. a division of a school year, as a semester or quarter, during which a course of studies is given
    2. ☆ the stipulated duration of an appointment to a particular office elected to a four-year term
    3. the normal elapsed period for birth after conception; also, delivery at the end of this period; parturition
  4. conditions of a contract, agreement, sale, etc.
  5. mutual relationship between or among persons; footing on speaking terms
  6. a word or phrase having a limiting and definite meaning in some science, art, etc. “tergum” is a zoological term
  7. any word or phrase used in a definite or precise sense; expression a colloquial term
  8. words that express ideas in a specified way to speak in derogatory terms
    1. Now Rare a limit; boundary; extremity
    2. Obsolete conditions; circumstances
  9. Archit. a boundary post, esp. one consisting of a pedestal topped by a bust, as of the god Terminus
  10. Law
    1. the time a court is in session
    2. the length of time for which an estate is granted
    3. the estate itself
    4. time allowed a debtor to pay
  11. Logic
    1. either of two concepts that have a stated relation, as the subject and predicate of a proposition
    2. any of the three elements which function variously as subjects and predicates in a syllogism
  12. Math.
    1. either of the two quantities of a fraction or a ratio
    2. each of the quantities in a series or sequence
    3. each of the quantities connected by plus or minus signs in an algebraic expression

Etymology: ME terme < OFr < L terminus, a limit, boundary, end < IE *termṇ, a boundary stake < base *ter-, to cross over, go beyond > trans-, Gr terma, goal

transitive verb

to call by a term; name
term Idioms

bring to terms

to reduce to submission; force to agree

come to terms

to arrive at an agreement or accommodation

in terms of

  1. by means of
  2. with reference to
term2 definition

term

  1. terminal
  2. termination

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