Definition of TERM

term

Plural: terms

Noun

  • a word or expression used for some particular thing
    • "he learned many medical terms"
  • a limited period of time
    • "a prison term"
    • "he left school before the end of term"
  • (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
    • "the terms of the treaty were generous"
  • any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial
    • "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
  • one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
    • "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
  • the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
    • "a healthy baby born at full term"
  • (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 Rome
  • That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
  • A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
  • Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
  • Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
  • A point, line, or superficies that limits.
  • A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
  • Relations among people.
  • Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
  • Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
  • Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
  • The time during which legal courts are open.
  • Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
  • Certain days on which rent is paid.
  • With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymic) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
  • The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
  • A menstrual period.
  • Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
  • The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
  • An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
  • A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal.
  • A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
  • A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
  • One whose employment has been terminated

Verb

Verb Forms: termed, terming, terms

  • To name, call, or designate something by a specific word.
  • name formally or designate with a term
  • To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
  • To terminate someone's employment.

Adj

  • Born or delivered at term.

Examples

  • "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
  • "Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms."
  • A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
  • All the terms of this sum cancel out.
  • at term
  • Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
  • He chose to term his winning play ’brilliant,’ despite his opponent’s mild protest.
  • He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
  • near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
  • One only term is odd in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
  • postterm
  • preterm
  • Q: What are your company's terms? A: Net thirty, cash or check. [This answer means that the net total must be paid within 30 days; see Net D.]
  • term neonate
  • The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.
  • The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.
  • the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
  • The term of a lease agreement is the period of time during which the lease is effective, and may be fixed, periodic, or of indefinite duration.
  • We are on friendly terms with each other.

Origin / Etymology

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”).
Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.

Synonyms

condition, full term, terminal figure, terminus, axe, denominate, describe as, designate, dub, fire, lay off, name, refer to, sack, term

Scrabble Score: 6

term: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
term: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
term: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

term: valid Words With Friends Word