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Meaning term meaning

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Definitions in simple English

term Noun

— A term is a word or group of words, usually one with a special meaning in a particular field or area. They didn't know the meaning of the technical terms the doctor was using. What is the definition of this term? At age 10, she only knew that it was a term of abuse, a swear word. She spoke in glowing terms about the progress they had made. — You use "in terms of" to introduce a topic or subject. Simply spending more money is not useful in terms of getting people back to work. In terms of both numbers of people and size, California is one of the largest States in America. — If you talk about something in general/economic/human, etc. terms, you talk about it from that point of view. The changes are great in dollar terms, but the human cost is too high. — A term is a period of time. The President of Mexico is limited to serving a single term of six years. He faces a maximum prison term of 15 years and $8.5 million in fines The price may be up and down, but over the long term it will certainly rise. The period of employment comes to term in three years. She carried the baby to term. — A term is one of the times of year when school classes are held, usually September to December and January to April or June, also June to August. — A term is a number or symbol in a formula. The equation only worked when we included an extra constant term. — If you compare money or numbers in real terms, you compare the value on an equal basis. Today we are paying less for gasoline in real terms than we have at any time since 1918. Although the absolute number of trucking accidents is up slightly, they are down 10 percent in the decade in real terms . — If you come to terms with something that is not nice, you accept it. He hasn't come to terms with the fact that she's not coming back. — The terms of a contract or purchase are its rules, conditions and limits. The company has announced generally agreement on a new contract though the exact terms still have to be worked out. Under the terms of the purchase, we get the house on July 14th. — If two or more people or groups are on good/equal/bad etc. terms, they have a relationship that is good/equal/bad etc. — If two or more people or groups are on speaking terms, they are not close but do speak to each other.

term Verb

— If you term something a particular name or description, you give that name or description to it. The 1980s have been termed "The Forgotten Decade" by rock fans. White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater termed the GNP growth "moderately healthy". For lack of a better word, you might term it a police state.

term

— noun a word or expression used for some particular thing he learned many medical terms — verb name formally or designate with a term — noun a limited period of time a prison term he left school before the end of term — noun (= condition) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement the contract set out the conditions of the lease the terms of the treaty were generous — noun any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree — noun one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition the major term of a syllogism must occur twice — noun (= full term) the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent a healthy baby born at full term — noun (= terminus) (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

Synonyms term synonyms

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term English » English

period word condition time season semester name terminology era date stipulation epoch call member age title time limit space expression technical term stage requirement provision phase trimester terminus spell qualification period of time language interval half-year full term duration dub designation deadline year vocable terms terminal figure terminal tenure tenor statement span session school year saying restriction

Topics term topics

What do people use term to talk about?
Person Life Birth

Pregnancy
Language and thought Communication Language

Word
States Time Period of time

Season

Conjugation term conjugation

How do you conjugate term?

term · verb

Examples term examples

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Simple sentences

The president's term lasts four years.
Long-term unemployed people can suffer from depression.
I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.
Your marks were well below average this term.
The students turned in their term papers.
The first term starts in April.
The judge sentenced him to a jail term of five years.
I am using this term in Emmet's sense to refer to the psychological rules of language use.
Elementary school children go to school for a term of six years.
I've been very busy since the new term started.
I had a good report last term.
Taro is writing a term paper.
The president's term of office is four years.
Short-term effects of smoking include unfitness, wheezing, a general vulnerability to illness, bad breath, bad skin and so on.
At last, the end-of-term exams are over.
Last time I couldn't carry my baby to full term.
Similarly, the strongest reasons for stopping are usually the short-term benefits (for example, feeling healthier and more attractive).
The second term came to an end.
He served a ten-year prison term.
He has hardly studied this term.
It is impossible for me to finish my term paper by tomorrow.
The president said he would not run for the second term.
President Grant had to give up any hope of a third term.
We're gonna make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain.

Movie subtitles

I've been on long-term leave.
That's a derogatory term and I don't think it really applies to you.
Maybe the 'thighs' are a poetic sailing term for the deck either side of the companionway, if you catch my drift.
For want of a better term.
It's a term sheet for your job here.
The Opening of the Fall term at Tate University a large football stadium with a college attached.
It's an agricultural term.
Lycanthrophobia is the medical term. for the affliction I speak of.
For the rest of the spring term at least, Harvey will have to be rusticated.
You needn't swag just because you were talking Latin last term.
You see, I am in this, uh, conspiracy, as you term it.
So it becomes necessary for me to appoint somebody. to fill out the unexpired term.
It is just 18 years ago this term since I had occasion to cane the entire lower school.
It was my first term as well.
A medical term known to the layman as paralysis resulting from a blood clot in the brain.
Here's the probate of the will and the term of the colonel's trusteeship duly signed, sealed and now delivered.
May your term of office be successful.
This lie is the biggest effrontery I have experienced in my term of office!
I am in this conspiracy as you term it.
Perhaps I shouldn't mention it, but I rather expect to be housemaster next term.
The whole term. they behaved to me like 50 devils.
The term's over.
I must say, this is a nice start to a term.
I never said you were crazy. That's a derogatory term and I don't think it really applies to you.
That's a sexist term.
But you didn't know that as Mary Keaton she served a term in the reformatory for grand larceny, did you?
Mr. Ounce has looked with horror on the rotten branches of his family tree if I might use the term.
MOST OF THEM ARE DEAR CHILDREN AND THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF THE TERM.
You were always on such excellent term. werert we?
The summer term.
Like a two-year term for manslaughter.
I'll be rendering meself liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Yes, but not for longer than a short-term leave.
I therefore ask that the accused be sentenced to a term of.
During term, anyway.

News and current affairs

It is therefore dangerous to extrapolate from short-term trends.
Bad accounting frameworks always lead to bad information, and bad information leads to bad decisions, with serious long term consequences.
This essay, more than anything else, defined Putin's second term.
And, of course, being General Secretary carries no constitutional term limit.
But his term ends next year and he cannot run again.
So, instead of retiring gracefully, as presidents from Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin routinely do, Kuchma wants to change the constitution in order to become an all-powerful prime minister who will never face a limit on the length of his term.
If he gets them right, he can forget about his short-term critics.
Both factors challenge us to define, in the longer term, more sustainable patterns of production and consumption.
Local-currency bond markets could help to develop domestic investor bases and mobilize domestic savings to support long-term investments.
As such, the long-term consequences are likely to be regrettable.
Conceivably, over the longer term, China's successful campaign could now open the door to lobbying by other governments to include their currencies as well.
The short-term interest rates it controlled didn't budge.
First, short-term interest rates were already so low that everyone would see further cuts as temporary only.
They would thus have little effect on the longer-term rates that really drive business investment.
Most economic research suggests that gold prices are very difficult to predict over the short to medium term, with the odds of gains and losses being roughly in balance.
While the legislation does too little to address America's problem of chronic and rising budget deficits, the damage that it inflicts on the economy in the short term is likely to be limited.
Cutting these programs will lower American economic growth in the long term, with negative consequences both at home and abroad.
Kenen was mainly concerned with short-term transfers to smooth out cyclical bumpiness.
But, in a currency union with huge differences in income and development levels, the short term can stretch out for a very long time.
Under these circumstances, budgetary recklessness is a virtue, at least in the short term.
In the medium term, once growth revives, debt can be paid down and the financial sector curbed so that it does not inflict another crisis on the world.
Two problems need to be addressed: the credibility of Greece's fiscal stabilization program, and how to cover the country's medium-term financing gap.

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