Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To phrase a certain way; to name or call.

  2. (ambitransitive, informal)To terminate someone's employment.

  3. (informal, transitive)To delete someone's account.

More definitions
  • name formally or designate with a term

Examples

945 sentences

  1. I got terrible grades this term.

    Я отримав жахливі оцінки у цьому семестрі. — brambury

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  2. They're on good terms with their neighbors.

    У них добрі стосунки з сусідами. — deniko

    ruОни в хороших отношениях с соседями. — sharptoothed

    deSie verstehen sich gut mit ihren Nachbarn. — Bellinger

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  3. You can't judge happiness in terms of money.

    Щастя не можна оцінити в грошах. — aandrusiak

    ruСчастье деньгами не измеришь. — marafon

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  4. He thinks of everything in terms of money.

    Він усе міряє грошима. — aandrusiak

    ruОн обо всём думает с точки зрения денег. — Hellerick

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  5. I accept your terms.

    Я приймаю твої умови. — deniko

    ruЯ принимаю ваши условия. — marafon

    deIch akzeptiere deine Bedingungen. — Espi

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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”).

Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.

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Forms

terms, terming, termed, termed
Base formterm · to term
3rd person singularterms
Present participleterming
Past simpletermed
Past participletermed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyterm
he, she, itterms

Past simpleLesson

all personstermed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave termed
he, she, ithas termed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill term

Synonyms

8 synonyms
nameB1axeB2fireB2sackB2designatedubdescribe asrefer to

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tenuretequilateresaterminalB1terminally
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