term — meaning in English
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English meaning
- term noun A word or expression, especially one with a specific meaning in a particular field.
Senses
term is used for these senses in English:
- term 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.
- term With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymically) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
term — full definition
- noun A word or expression, especially one with a specific meaning in a particular field.
- noun A fixed period of time, especially one in office or one dividing an academic year.
- noun In plural, the conditions set out in an agreement or contract.
- verb To call or describe something by a particular name.