ENGLISH: term - CREOLE: tèm



Overview of noun term



The noun term has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (307) term -- (a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms")

2. (216) term -- (a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term")

3. (113) condition, term -- ((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")

4. (23) term -- (any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree")

5. (7) term -- (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice")

6. term, full term -- (the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term")

7. terminus, terminal figure, term -- ((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)



Overview of verb term



The verb term has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (18) term -- (name formally or designate with a term)

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