English Explanatory Dictionary

term

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
  2. A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.
  3. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
  4. Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
  5. A point, line, or superficies that limits.
  6. 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.
  7. Relations among people.
  8. Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
  9. Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
  10. The time during which legal courts are open.
  11. Certain days on which rent is paid.
  12. 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.
verb
  1. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
adj
  1. Born or delivered at term.
noun
  1. A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
verb
  1. To terminate someone's employment.
  2. To delete someone's account.
noun
  1. One whose employment has been terminated

Pronunciation

/ˈtɜːm/ [ˈtʰɜːm] ~ [ˈtʰɐ̝ːm] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-term.wav /ˈtɝm/ [ˈtɝm] ~ [ˈtɚ̞m] en-us-term.ogg

Word forms

term terms terming termed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥der. Proto-Italic *termenos Latin terminus Old French termebor. Middle English terme English term 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

term describe as designate dub name refer to axe fire sack

Related words

terminal terminate terminographer terminography terminologic terminological terminologically terminology idiom lexeme lexical item lexicalization listeme -onym

Derived words

absolute term abstract term at term authorised term authorized term boundary term catch-all term come to terms common term concrete term coordinate term cosmological term cross term decreasing term assurance defined term Easter term fixed-term fixed term fixed-term contract full term generic term Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term half term half-term Hilary term INCO term increasing term assurance index term inkhorn term in the long term in the short term January term J-term keep term lambda term late-term Lent term level term assurance loan term long term long-term long term evolution long-term memory long-term potentiation Long Vacation term Long Vac term major term medium-term medium term Michaelmas term middle term midterm mid-term mid-term break minor term near term near-term on long-term sick Paschal term postterm

Translations

Bulgarian: срок Bulgarian: член Catalan: mandat Catalan: terme Danish: mandatperiode Danish: led Finnish: toimikausi Finnish: termi French: mandat French: terme German: Amtszeit German: Haftstrafe German: Gefängnisstrafe German: Term Greek: θητεία Hungarian: hivatali idő (szak) Hungarian: ciklus Hungarian: terminus Hungarian: börtönbüntetés Hungarian: szabadságvesztés Hungarian: tag Hungarian: kifejezés Hungarian: összeadandó Japanese: 任期 Japanese: 刑期 Japanese: 項 Lithuanian: kadencija Norman: gestion Russian: срок Russian: срок полномо́чий Russian: член Russian: слага́емое Slovak: doba Swedish: mandatperiod Swedish: term Ukrainian: строк Asturian: términu Chinese Mandarin: 被加數 /被加数 Czech: člen Czech: výraz Dutch: term Estonian: liidetav Galician: termo Hindi: जुमला Icelandic: liður Italian: termine Persian: جمله Polish: wyraz Portuguese: termo Spanish: término Tagalog: takay Turkish: terim
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