term
That which limits the extent of anythingThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
» I got terrible grades this term.
Я отримав жахливі оцінки у цьому семестрі.
У цьому семестрі у мене жахливі оцінки.
У цій чверті у мене жахливі оцінки.
Meaning
22 sensesThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
A condition or restriction.
(often, plural)Any of the binding conditions or promises in a contract or agreement.
Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms.
(in the plural)Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made.
Q: What are your company's terms? A: Net thirty, cash or check. [This answer means that the net total must be paid within 30 days; see Net D.]
The latest models are available now, on the lowest terms you'll find anywhere, guaranteed.
A chronological limitation or division.
A limited or defined timespan.
The term of a lease agreement is the period of time during which the lease is effective, and may be fixed, periodic, or of indefinite duration.
He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
a limited period of time
Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.
The president is almost half way through his term.
Amtszeit, Haftstrafe, Gefängnisstrafe
срокsrok, срок полномо́чийsrok polnomóčij
строкstrok
The time during which legal courts are open.
Certain days on which rent is paid.
Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year.
At our school, sports day was always held at the end of the summer term.
че́твертьčétvertʹ
чве́ртьčvértʹ
With respect to a pregnancy, the usual duration of gestation for the given species (for example, nine months in humans); (metonymic) the end of this duration: the timepoint at which birth usually happens (for example, in humans, approximately 40 weeks from conception), defining the due date.
A pregnancy didn't come to term.
at term
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
(in the plural)Relations among people.
We are on friendly terms with each other.
Beziehung
отноше́ниеotnošénije
відно́синиvidnósyny
A unit or component with a certain meaning.
A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept.
"Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.
Begriff, Bezeichnung, Terminus
те́рминtérmin
те́рмінtérmin
Examples
945 sentencesI got terrible grades this term.
Я отримав жахливі оцінки у цьому семестрі.
They're on good terms with their neighbors.
У них добрі стосунки з сусідами.
ruОни в хороших отношениях с соседями.
deSie verstehen sich gut mit ihren Nachbarn.
You can't judge happiness in terms of money.
Щастя не можна оцінити в грошах.
ruСчастье деньгами не измеришь.
He thinks of everything in terms of money.
Він усе міряє грошима.
ruОн обо всём думает с точки зрения денег.
I accept your terms.
Я приймаю твої умови.
ruЯ принимаю ваши условия.
deIch akzeptiere deine Bedingungen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 6
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound,From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”).
Clipping of terminal.
Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.
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Forms
plural: termsSynonyms
6 synonyms- the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent:full 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:terminusterminal figure
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement:conditionstrings
Word family
93 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- on good terms
- good terms with
- terms of money
- in terms of
- good terms
- speaking speaking terms
- term paper
- everything in terms
- on bad terms
- on friendly terms
- friendly terms with
- speaking terms with