term
noun
[ təːm ]
• a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study.
• "the musical term ‘leitmotiv’"
Similar:
word,
expression,
phrase,
turn of phrase,
idiom,
locution,
name,
title,
denomination,
designation,
label,
appellation,
• a fixed or limited period for which something, for example office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last.
Similar:
period,
period of time,
time,
length of time,
spell,
stint,
duration,
interval,
stretch,
run,
phase,
term of office,
period of office,
incumbency,
administration,
• each of the periods in the year, alternating with holiday or vacation, during which instruction is given in a school, college, or university, or during which a law court holds sessions.
• "the summer term"
• conditions under which an action may be undertaken or agreement reached; stipulated or agreed requirements.
• "their solicitors had agreed terms"
• each of the quantities in a ratio, series, or mathematical expression.
• another term for terminus.
term
verb
• give a descriptive name to; call by a specified term.
• "he has been termed the father of modern theology"
Similar:
call,
name,
entitle,
title,
style,
designate,
describe as,
dub,
label,
tag,
nickname,
denominate,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a limit in space or time, or (in the plural) limiting conditions): from Old French terme, from Latin terminus ‘end, boundary, limit’.
