Term Definition
tûrm
termed, terms
noun
terms
A point of time designating the beginning or end of a period.
Webster's New World
The end of a normal gestation period.
American Heritage Medicine
A set date, as for payment, termination of tenancy, etc.
Webster's New World
A set period of time; duration.
Webster's New World
The time a court is in session.
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Synonyms:
- status
- footing
- Often used in plural: basis
- stipulation
- specification
- reservation
- proviso
- provision
- qualification
- Often used in plural: condition
- stretch
- span
- season
- period
- trimester
verb
termed, terms
To call by a term; name.
Webster's New World
To phrase a certain way, especially with an unusual wording.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
Terminal.
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Termination.
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idiom
in terms of
- As measured or indicated by; in units of:
distances expressed in terms of kilometers as well as miles; cheap entertainment, but costly in terms of time wasted.
- In relation to; with reference to:
American Heritage
bring to terms
- to reduce to submission; force to agree
Webster's New World
come to terms
- to arrive at an agreement or accommodation
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in terms of
- by means of
- with reference to
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Term
Origin of Term
Middle English terme from Old French from Latin terminus boundary N., senses 4–8, from Middle English from Medieval Latin terminus from Late Latin mathematical or logical term from Latin boundary, limit
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end, in Medieval Latin also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
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