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TERM

Definition:

1. [noun] a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
   
   
2. [noun] a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
   
   
3. [noun] (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"
   Synonyms: condition
   
   
4. [noun] any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
   
   
5. [noun] one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
   
   
6. [noun] the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
   Synonyms: full
   
   
7. [noun] (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: inus, inal figure
   
   
8. [verb] name formally or designate with a term
   
   

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Related Words:

• referent
• prison term, sentence, time
• school term, academic term, academic session, session
• tenure, term of office, incumbency
• subject
• predicate
• referent
• relatum
• categorem, categoreme
• major term
• minor term
• middle term

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