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Another word for term

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Noun

  1. A limited or specific period of time during which something happens, lasts, or extends

      1. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
      2. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration:
      3. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval:
      1. To lengthen, widen, or distend:
      2. To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space:
      3. To make taut; tighten:
      1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
      2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
      3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.
      1. Continuance or persistence in time.
      2. A period of existence or persistence:
      3. The number of years required to receive the present value of future payments, both of interest and principle, of a bond, often used as an indicator of a bond's price volatility resulting from changes in interest rates.
    See also:

    time

  2. The period during which someone or something exists

      1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
      2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
      3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.
      1. The period of time during which an individual is alive.
      2. The period of time during which property, an object, a process, or a phenomenon exists or functions.
      3. Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong.
      1. The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
      2. The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.
      3. Living organisms considered as a group:
      1. The fact or state of existing; being.
      2. The fact or state of continued being; life:
      3. All that exists:
      1. Continuance or persistence in time.
      2. A period of existence or persistence:
      3. The number of years required to receive the present value of future payments, both of interest and principle, of a bond, often used as an indicator of a bond's price volatility resulting from changes in interest rates.
      1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
      2. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis, traditionally measured from midnight to midnight.
      3. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
    See also:

    time

    live

  3. A specific length of time characterized by the occurrence of certain conditions or events

      1. To lengthen, widen, or distend:
      2. To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space:
      3. To make taut; tighten:
      1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
      2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
      3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.
      1. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
      2. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
      3. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops:
      1. An interval of time characterized by the occurrence of a certain condition, event, or phenomenon:
      2. An interval of time characterized by the prevalence of a specified culture, ideology, or technology:
      3. An interval regarded as a distinct evolutionary or developmental phase:
    See also:

    time

  4. A sound or combination of sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning

      1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.
      2. Something said; an utterance, remark, or comment:
      3. A command or direction; an order:
      1. A particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one that is used by a particular person or group.
      2. Style of speaking; phraseology:
      1. The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation:
      2. Something that expresses or communicates:
      3. A symbol or combination of symbols that represents a quantity or a relationship between quantities.
    See also:

    words

  5. A restricting or modifying element.

    See also:

    limited

  6. An established position from which to operate or deal with others.

    See also:

    connect

Verb

  1. To describe with a word or term

      1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label:
      2. The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.
      3. The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail.
      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
      2. A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly:
      3. Representation or repute, as opposed to reality:
      1. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination.
      2. A descriptive term; an epithet.
      3. A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
      1. To indicate or specify; point out:
      2. To give a name or title to; characterize:
      3. To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose:
      1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of:
      2. To be a distinctive trait or mark of; distinguish:
      1. To say in a loud voice; announce:
      2. To demand or ask for the presence of:
      3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke:
    See also:

    words

    specific

  2. To give a name or title to

      1. An identifying name given to a book, play, film, musical composition, or other work.
      2. A general or descriptive heading, as of a book chapter.
      3. A written work that is published or about to be published:
      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
      2. A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly:
      3. Representation or repute, as opposed to reality:
      1. To give a name or title to.
      2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:
      1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.
      2. To honor with a new title or description.
      3. To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.
      1. To indicate or specify; point out:
      2. To give a name or title to; characterize:
      3. To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose:
      1. To issue or express in terms of a given monetary unit:
      2. To give a name to; designate.
      3. Of or relating to a quantity as a multiple of a unit:
      1. To baptize into a Christian church.
      2. To give a name to at baptism.
      3. To name:
      1. To say in a loud voice; announce:
      2. To demand or ask for the presence of:
      3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke:
      1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism.
      2. To cleanse or purify.
      3. To initiate.
    See also:

    words

    specific

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Another word for term

Noun

  1. A name

      1. A personal name or nickname.
      1. A system of names used in an art or science:
      2. The system or procedure of assigning names to groups of organisms as part of a taxonomic classification:
      1. A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph.
      2. A series of words superimposed on the bottom of television or motion picture frames that communicate dialogue to the hearing-impaired or translate foreign dialogue.
      3. A title or heading, as of a document or article.
      1. The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.
      2. The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.
      3. The length or height of such a part:
      1. An identifying name given to a book, play, film, musical composition, or other work.
      2. A general or descriptive heading, as of a book chapter.
      3. A written work that is published or about to be published:
      1. The act of designating; a marking or pointing out.
      2. Nomination or appointment.
      3. A distinguishing name or title.
      1. A name, title, or designation.
      2. A protected name under which a wine may be sold, indicating that the grapes used are of a specific kind from a specific district.
      3. The act of naming.
      1. An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item:
      2. A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.
      3. A nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication, as of a newspaper or magazine.
      1. A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name, usually organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy.
      2. One of a series of kinds, values, or sizes, as in a system of currency or weights:
      3. A name or designation, especially for a class or group.
      1. The act of indicating:
      2. Something that serves to indicate; a sign:
      3. Something indicated as necessary or expedient:
      1. A particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one that is used by a particular person or group.
      2. Style of speaking; phraseology:
      1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.
      2. Something said; an utterance, remark, or comment:
      3. A command or direction; an order:
      1. A sequence of words that have meaning, especially when forming part of a sentence.
      2. A characteristic way or mode of expression:
      3. A brief, apt, and cogent expression:
      1. The vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art; nomenclature.
      2. The study of nomenclature.
      1. The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation:
      2. Something that expresses or communicates:
      3. A symbol or combination of symbols that represents a quantity or a relationship between quantities.
    See also:

    .name

  2. A period of time

      1. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.
      2. A series of such meetings.
      3. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.
      1. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year.
      1. One of four equal parts.
      2. A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
      3. One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
      1. A distinct stage of development:
      2. A temporary manner, attitude, or pattern of behavior:
      3. An aspect; a part:
      1. Continuance or persistence in time.
      2. A period of existence or persistence:
      3. The number of years required to receive the present value of future payments, both of interest and principle, of a bond, often used as an indicator of a bond's price volatility resulting from changes in interest rates.
      1. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
      2. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
      3. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops:
      1. An interval of time during which a characteristic, often regularly repeated event or sequence of events occurs:
      2. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon:
      3. A periodically repeated sequence of events:
      1. Development in a particular way; progress:
      2. Movement in time; duration:
      3. The direction of continuing movement:
      1. A space between objects, points, or units, especially when making uniform amounts of separation:
      2. An amount of time between events, especially of uniform duration separating events in a series:
      3. A segment of an athletic workout in which an athlete runs, swims, or does other exercise over a series of predetermined distances at regular time increments with intermittent rests.
      1. The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities, as of a bridge or roof; the breadth.
      2. The distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane.
      3. The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.
    See also:

    time

Idioms:

    bring to terms

    2. come-to-terms

    3. in-terms-of

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Sentence Examples

  • Praying she hadn't missed some term of the deal, she waited for his reaction.

  • I'm sure there's a Latin term for it.

  • I asked, confirming my lack of faith in the couple's long term relationship.

  • Who was it that used the term 'mature male'?

  • Tuition, for instance, is an important item in the term bill, while for the far more valuable education which he gets by associating with the most cultivated of his contemporaries no charge is made.

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