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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishterme, borrowed fromOld Frenchterme, fromLatinterminus(“a bound, boundary, limit, end; inMedieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).

Doublet ofterminus andtermon.Old English hadtermen, from the same source.

Noun

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term (pluralterms)

  2. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary,terminus.
    • 1627 (indicated as1626),Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 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 twoterms, 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 […], published1839,→OCLC,page268:
      At the decline of day,
      Winding above the mountain’s snowyterm,
      New banners shone:[…]
    "Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on myterms."
  4. A chronologicallimitation orrestriction, a limitedtimespan.
    Theterm 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 thebindingconditions orpromises in alegalcontract.
    Be sure to read theterms and conditions before signing.
  8. Specifically, theconditions in alegalcontract that specify theprice and also how and whenpayment must be made.
    Q: What are your company'sterms? A: Net thirty, cash or check. [This answer means that the net total must be paid within 30 days; seeNet D.]
    The latest models are available now, on the lowestterms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.
    • 1793 May 17, John Constable and James Piper, advertisement for a packet-boat between Chestertown and Baltimore, Chestertown, Maryland,File:Packet_Schooner.jpg:
      The Cabin is large and commodious, well calculated for the Accommodation of Paſengers. Merchandiſe, Produce, &c. carried on the loweſtTerms.
  10. (geometry, archaic) Apoint,line, orsuperficies that limits.
    A line is theterm of a superficies, and a superficies is theterm of a solid.
  12. Aword orphrase (e.g.,noun phrase,verb phrase,open compound), especially one from aspecialised area of knowledge; aname for a concept.
    "Algorithm" is aterm used in computer science.
    The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymousterms.
  14. Relations among people.
    We are on friendlyterms with each other.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC,page361:
      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 perhaps had spared no pains to keep on goodterms with the local constabulary.
  16. Part of ayear, especially one of the divisions of anacademic year.
  18. Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
    He wassentenced to aterm of six years inprison.
    near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
    theterm allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
    • 2023 October 22, Ruth Michaelson, quotingEhud Barak, “Netanyahu told to ‘quit now’ as ex-leaders pin blame on dysfunctional government”, inThe Observer‎[1],→ISSN:
      “I don’t believe that the people trust Netanyahu to lead when he is under the burden of such a devastating event that just happened under histerm,” he told theObserver.
    1. The time during whichlegalcourts are open.
    2. Certain days on whichrent is paid.
  20. With respect to apregnancy, the usualduration ofgestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans);(metonymically) theend of this duration: thetimepoint at whichbirth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks fromconception), defining thedue date.
    atterm;  preterm;  postterm
  22. (of a patent) Themaximumperiod during which thepatent can bemaintained intoforce.
  24. (archaic) A menstrual period.
    • 1660,Samuel Pepys,Diary:
      My wife, after the absence of herterms 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) Anyvalue (variable orconstant) orexpression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression ortable.
    All theterms of this sum cancel out.
    One onlyterm is oddin ( 12; 3; 4 ).
  28. (logic) Thesubject or thepredicate of aproposition; one of the three component parts of asyllogism, each one of which is used twice.
  30. (astrology) Anessential dignity in whichunequal segments of every astrologicalsign have internalrulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in anatal chart.
  32. (art) Astatue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in apillar or pedestal.[from 17th c.]
  34. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of thetaffrail.
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Translations
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limitation, restriction or regulation
word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge
relations among people
part of a year
period of time, time limit
period in office or prison
one of the addends in a sum or in another mathematical operation
one of three component parts of a syllogism
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Verb

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term (third-person singular simple presentterms,present participleterming,simple past and past participletermed)

  1. (transitive) Tophrase acertainway; toname orcall.
    • 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 betermeddiscrimination anddissociation.
    • 2013 September-October,Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, inAmerican 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 mightterm a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.
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Adjective

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term (notcomparable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial)Born ordelivered at term.

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Etymology 2

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Clipping ofterminal.

Noun

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term (pluralterms)

  1. (computing, informal) A computerprogram thatemulates a physical terminal.

Etymology 3

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Short forterminate,termination,terminated employee, etc.

Verb

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term (third-person singular simple presentterms,present participleterming,simple past and past participletermed)

  1. (ambitransitive) Toterminate one's employment
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Noun

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term (pluralterms)

  1. One whoseemployment has beenterminated

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Fromter.

Noun

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term m (pluralterma, definiteterma, definite pluraltermat)

  1. foundation,plotofland

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromEnglishterm.

Noun

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term

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

Etymology 2

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From clipping ofEnglishterminate.

Verb

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term

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) toterminate
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, universityslang, passive voice) to have one'sstudy beterminated

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchterm, fromOld Frenchterme, fromLatinterminus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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term m (pluraltermen,diminutivetermpje n)

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

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Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromDutchterm, fromFrenchterme, fromOld Frenchterme, fromLatinterminus(“a bound, boundary, limit, end; inMedieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tèrm (pluralterm-term)

  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 Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromLatinterminus, viaFrenchterme andEnglishterm.

Noun

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term m (definite singulartermen,indefinite pluraltermer,definite pluraltermene)

  1. aterm(word or phrase)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromLatinterminus, viaFrenchterme andEnglishterm.

Noun

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term m (definite singulartermen,indefinite pluraltermar,definite pluraltermane)

  1. aterm(word or phrase)

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Swedish

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Noun

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term c

  1. aterm[1] (a well-defined word or phrase, in aterminology)
  2. (mathematics) a term[2] (anoperand in addition or subtraction)
  3. singular oftermer(“thermae,Roman baths”) (a facility for bathing in ancient Rome)

Declension

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Declension ofterm
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitetermterms
definitetermentermens
pluralindefinitetermertermers
definitetermernatermernas

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References

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  1. ^term inRikstermbanken
  2. ^term inRikstermbanken
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