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Sounds | ter'm |
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Rhymes | affirm, berm, bookworm, and 22 more rhymes in erm at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A word or expression used for some particular thing. |
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Examples | "he learned many medical terms" |
Narrower | referent |
Broader | word |
Verbs | term |
Meaning | A limited period of time. |
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Examples | "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
Parts | midterm |
Narrower | prison term, sentence, time; school term, academic term, academic session, session; tenure, term of office, incumbency |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Adjectives | terminal |
Meaning | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement. |
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Examples | "the terms of the treaty were generous" |
Synonyms | condition |
Part of | agreement, understanding |
Broader | statement |
Usage | plural, plural form |
Meaning | Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial. |
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Examples | "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree" |
Broader | quantity |
Meaning | One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition. |
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Examples | "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" |
Part of | proposition |
Narrower | subject; predicate; referent; relatum; categorem, categoreme; major term; minor term; middle term |
Broader | constituent, grammatical constituent |
Meaning | The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent. |
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Examples | "a healthy baby born at full term" |
Synonyms | full term |
Part of | gestation, gestation period |
Broader | point, point in time |
Meaning | (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. |
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Synonyms | terminus, terminal figure |
Category | architecture |
Broader | statue |
Meaning | Name formally or designate with a term. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | name, call |
Nouns | term |