term

term

noun

Definition of TERM

1

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position <elected for a two-year term as mayor>

Synonyms hitch, stint, tenure, tour

Related Words shift, watch; go, turn; duration, standing, time; cycle, span, spell, stretch; life, life span, lifetime, run

2

a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field <what's the term for the odd feeling that you've experienced an event before?>

Synonyms expression, term

Related Words linguistic form, monosyllable, morpheme, speech form; polysyllable; collocation, idiom, locution, phrase; archaism, coinage, colloquialism, euphemism, loanword, modernism, neologism, vernacularism