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English noun: term | |||
| 1. | term (communication) a word or expression used for some particular thing | ||
| Samples | He learned many medical terms. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | word | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | referent | ||
| 2. | term (time) a limited period of time | ||
| Samples | A prison term. He left school before the end of term. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | academic session, academic term, incumbency, prison term, school term, sentence, session, tenure, term of office, time | ||
| Part holonym | midterm | ||
| 3. | term (communication) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | ||
| Samples | The contract set out the conditions of the lease. The terms of the treaty were generous. | ||
| Synonyms | condition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| Part meronym | agreement, understanding | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| 4. | term (cognition) any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial | ||
| Samples | The general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quantity | ||
| 5. | term (communication) one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition | ||
| Samples | The major term of a syllogism must occur twice. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | constituent, grammatical constituent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | categorem, categoreme, major term, middle term, minor term, predicate, referent, relatum, subject | ||
| Part meronym | proposition | ||
| 6. | term (time) the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent | ||
| Samples | A healthy baby born at full term. | ||
| Synonyms | full term | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point, point in time | ||
| Part meronym | gestation, gestation period | ||
| 7. | term (artifact) (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 | terminal figure, terminus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statue | ||
| Domain category | architecture | ||
English verb: term | |||
| 1. | term (communication) name formally or designate with a term | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | call, name | ||
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