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1. term - noun

· a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"

Hypernym(s): word




2. term - noun

· a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"

Hypernym(s): time_period, period_of_time, period




3. term - 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"

Synonym(s): condition, strings

Hypernym(s): statement




4. term - noun

· any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"

Hypernym(s): quantity




5. term - noun

· one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

Hypernym(s): constituent, grammatical_constituent




6. term - noun

· the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"

Synonym(s): full_term

Hypernym(s): point, point_in_time




7. term - 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

Synonym(s): terminus, terminal_figure

Hypernym(s): statue




8. term - verb

· name formally or designate with a term

Hypernym(s): name, call, know_as, be_known_as





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