| NOUN | communication | term | a word or expression used for some particular thing |
|---|---|---|---|
| time | term | a limited period of time | |
| communication | term, condition, strings | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | |
| cognition | term | any distinct / distinct / distinct quantity contained in a polynomial | |
| communication | term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition | |
| time | term, full term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent | |
| artifact | term, terminus, terminal figure | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar | |
| VERB | communication | term | name formally / formally or designate with a term |
| Sounds | ter'm | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | affirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm... | |
| Meaning | A word or expression used for some particular thing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he learned many medical terms" | |
| Narrower | referent | Something that refers |
| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Spanish | término | |
| Catalan | terme | |
| Verbs | term | name formally / formally or designate with a term |
| Meaning | A limited period of time. | |
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| Examples |
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| Parts | midterm | middle of an academic term or a political term in office |
| Narrower | prison term, sentence, time | The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned |
| school term, academic term, academic session, session | The time during which a school holds classes | |
| tenure, term of office, incumbency | The term during which some position is held | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | plazo, término | |
| Catalan | terme | |
| Adjectives | terminal | relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time |
| Meaning | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the terms of the treaty were generous" | |
| Synonyms | condition, strings | |
| Part of | agreement, understanding | The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises |
| Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | condición, término | |
| Catalan | condició, terme | |
| Meaning | Any distinct / distinct / distinct quantity contained in a polynomial. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree" | |
| Broader | quantity | The concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable |
| Spanish | término | |
| Catalan | terme | |
| Meaning | One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" | |
| Part of | proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
| Narrower | categorem, categoreme | A categorematic expression |
| major term | The term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion | |
| middle term | The term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion | |
| minor term | The term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion | |
| predicate | (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition | |
| referent | The first term in a proposition | |
| relatum | A term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition | |
| subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition | |
| Broader | constituent, grammatical constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger / larger grammatical construction |
| Spanish | término | |
| Meaning | The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a healthy baby born at full term" | |
| Synonym | full term | |
| Part of | gestation, gestation period | The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) |
| Broader | point, point in time | An instant of time |
| Spanish | término | |
| Catalan | terme | |
| Meaning | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally / originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | terminus, terminal figure | |
| Category | architecture | The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
| Broader | statue | A sculpture representing a human or animal |
| Meaning | name formally / formally or designate with a term. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | name, call, know as, be known as | Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to |
| Spanish | designar | |
| Catalan | qualificar | |
| Nouns | term | a word or expression used for some particular thing |
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