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term

27 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. term (verb)
  2. terms of trade
  3. contrary terms (noun)
  4. lowest terms (noun plural)
  5. speaking terms (noun plural)
  6. term (noun)
  7. absolute term (noun)
  8. attendant term (noun)
  9. bring (verb)
  10. by-term (noun)
  11. come (verb)
  12. dominant term (noun)
  13. general term (noun)
  14. heated term (noun)
  15. indefinite term (noun)
  16. infinite term (noun)
  17. legal term (noun)
  18. major term (noun)
  19. middle term (noun)
  20. minor term (noun)
  21. outstanding term (noun)
  22. partial term (noun)
  23. predicate term (noun)
  24. relative term (noun)
  25. sea term (noun)
  26. special term (noun)
  27. subject term (noun)

2term

verb

Definition of TERM

transitive verb
: to apply a term to : call, name
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Examples of TERM

  1. They termed the structure a “double helix.”
  2. The project was termed a success.

First Known Use of TERM

circa 1557

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