term

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûm, IPA^(key): /tɜːm/
• (US) enPR: tûrm, IPA^(key): /tɝm/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

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 and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.

Noun

term (plural terms)

2. That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.

4. A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

6. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

8. Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
   • 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 loweſt Terms.

10. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.

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.

14. Relations among people.
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.
    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.
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.

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.

Hyponyms

• blanket term
• collective term
• umbrella term
• (part of a year): trimester, semester, quarter

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

Synonyms

• describe as, designate, dub, name, refer to; see also Thesaurus:denominate

Adjective

term (not comparable)

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

References

• term on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Clipping of terminal.

Noun

term (plural terms)

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

Etymology 3

Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

• axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off

Noun

term (plural terms)

1. One whose employment has been terminated

Further reading

• “term”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “term”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Albanian

Etymology

From ter.

Noun

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

1. foundation, plot of land

Related terms

• ter

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English term.

Noun

term

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

Etymology 2

From clipping of English terminate.

Verb

term

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

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛrm

Noun

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

Derived terms

• termsgewijs

Descendants

• → Indonesian: term

Anagrams

• remt

Indonesian

Etymology

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.”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tèrm (plural term-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.

Alternative forms

• terma (Standard Malay)

Related terms

Further reading

• “term” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term.

Noun

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

1. a term (word or phrase)

References

• “term” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term.

Noun

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

1. a term (word or phrase)

References

• “term” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

term c

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

Declension

Related terms

• fackterm
• termbank
• terminologi

References