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term

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.”).

Doublet of terminus. Old English had termen, from the same source.

NounEdit

term (plural terms)

  2. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries.
    • 1817 December​, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 268:
      At the decline of day,
      Winding above the mountain’s snowy term,
      New banners shone: […]
    "Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms."
  4. A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
    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.
  6. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
    Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
  8. Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
    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.]
    The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.
    • John Constable and James Piper, advertisement for a packet-boat between Chestertown and Baltimore, Chestertown, Maryland, May 17, 1793.[1]
      The Cabin is large and commodious, well calculated for the Accommodation of Paſengers. Merchandiſe, Produce, &c. carried on the loweſt Terms.
  10. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
    A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
  12. 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.
    "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
    The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.
  14. Relations among people.
    We are on friendly terms with each other.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. […] Next day she […] tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
  16. Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
  18. Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
    He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
    near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
    the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
    1. The time during which legal courts are open.
    2. Certain days on which rent is paid.
  20. With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
    at term, preterm, postterm
  22. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
  24. (archaic) A menstrual period.
    • 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary
      My wife, after the absence of her terms for seven weeks, gave me hopes of her being with child, but on the last day of the year she hath them again.
  26. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
    All the terms of this sum cancel out.
    One only term is odd in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
  28. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
  30. (astrology) 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.
  32. (art) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. [from 17th c.]
  34. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
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VerbEdit

term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)

  1. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
    • 1867, Charles Sanders Peirce, On a New List of Categories:
      Abstraction or prescision ought to be carefully distinguished from two other modes of mental separation, which may be termed discrimination and dissociation.
    • 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
      The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
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AdjectiveEdit

term (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
    term neonate

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Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of terminal.

NounEdit

term (plural terms)

  1. (computing, informal) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

Etymology 3Edit

Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.

VerbEdit

term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment
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NounEdit

term (plural terms)

  1. One whose employment has been terminated

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AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From ter.

NounEdit

term m (indefinite plural terma, definite singular terma, definite plural termat)

  1. foundation, plot of land

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ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English term.

NounEdit

term

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) term (word or phrase)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) term (timespan)

Etymology 2Edit

From clipping of English terminate.

VerbEdit

term

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to terminate
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang, passive) to have one's study be terminated

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DutchEdit

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NounEdit

term m (plural termen, diminutive termpje n)

  1. term; A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
  2. (mathematics) term; One of the addends in a sum

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DescendantsEdit

  • → Indonesian: term

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IndonesianEdit

 
Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Dutch term, from French terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛr(ə̆)m]
  • Hyphenation: tèrm

NounEdit

tèrm (plural term-term, first-person possessive termku, second-person possessive termmu, third-person possessive termnya)

  1. term:
    1. a word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
      Synonym: istilah
    2. (logic) the subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
    3. duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
      Synonyms: masa, momen, saat
    4. part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term.

NounEdit

term m (definite singular termen, indefinite plural termer, definite plural termene)

  1. a term (word or phrase)

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term.

NounEdit

term m (definite singular termen, indefinite plural termar, definite plural termane)

  1. a term (word or phrase)

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NounEdit

term c

  1. a term[1] (a well-defined word or phrase, in a terminology)
  2. (mathematics) a term[2] (an operand in addition or subtraction)
  3. singular of termer (“thermae, Roman baths”) (a facility for bathing in ancient Rome)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of term 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative term termen termer termerna
Genitive terms termens termers termernas

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ term in Rikstermbanken
  2. ^ term in Rikstermbanken
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