Term

Definitions: Term

Term

Noun

1. A word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms".

2. A limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term".

3. (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. Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree".

5. One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice".

6. The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term".

Verb

1. Name formally or designate with a term.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "term" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Computing

Business

Economics

Finance

Language

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

TERM

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Term

Compromise

Noun: compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo termine; compensation; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession.

End

Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

Failure

Go amiss, go wrong, go cross, go hard with, go on a wrong tack; go on ill, come off ill, turn out ill, work ill; take a wrong term, take an ugly term; take an ugly turn, take a turn for the worse.

Limit

Noun: limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.

Middle

Noun: middle, midst, mediety, mean; medium, middle term; center; mid-course; mezzo termine; juste milieu; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos; nucleus, nucleolus.

Neologism

Verb: coin words, coin a term; backform; Americanize, Anglicize.

Nomenclature

Verb: name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label; (mark).

Term, expression, noun;byword; convertible terms; technical term; cant.

Property

Limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility.

Term

Noun: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.

Time

Noun: time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course; snap.

Word

Noun: word, term, vocable; name; phrase; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech; (grammar); ideophone.

Crosswords: Term

Afrikaan (term), Albanian (term, therm, word), Dutch (account, motive, reason, term), Frisian (intestine), German (term), Swedish (expression, term), Welsh (bout, term).

I prefer the term adventurer. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis)

Bottle rockets, dental dams, Redi Wips, term papers? (PCU; writing credit: Adam Leff; Zak Penn)

I'm sorry I'm not familiar with that term. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I don't care to use such language, Nanbut even if I did, I wouldn't use that term. I think you'll find you need a man to do that. (Tipping the Velvet; writing credit: Andrew Davies)

Ms. Simpson, do you think there is something funny about the term tromboner? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

There is a technical meteorological term for a sunny, warm day which follows two rainy days. It's called a "Monday. (references; author: unknown)

End of Term (1971)

Term of Trial (1962)

For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)

Half Term Punishments (1986)

For the Term of His Natural Life (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Short and Long Term Effects of Breast Feeding on Child Health (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 478) (reference)

• Term Sheets Briefing: A Section by Section View of a Term Sheet [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Term Sheets & Valuations - An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (reference)

• Where Coverage Ends: Catastrophic Illness and Long Term Health Care (reference)

• Chopper 4 : for the term of his unnatural life : more confessions of Mark Brandon Read (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Long Term Care Compliance Alert (reference)

• Mansfield Long Term Industry Groups Monthly Reports Monthly Reports (reference)

• Us Economic Outlook Report - Long Term (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• For the Term of His Natural Life (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Long Term Side-Effect (reference)

• Short Term Memories (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sony 192GB DDS3 Autoloader with SW Arcservit 8-Carts Magzn Term Cabl (reference)

• Sony 4/8GB DAT DDS2 SCSI Se/Narr EXT with Veritas Backup EXEC Media Term (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• W�sthof Long Term Knife Care Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Gangrene is one of the manifestations of plague, and is the origin of the term "Black Death" given to plague throughout the ages.Credit: CDC.

This was the laboratory building in Shanghai, China where in 1936 Dr. Yersin first isolated and described in detail, Pasteurella pestis, the old term used for Yersinia pestis.Credit: CDC.

Cat train enroute from Pitt Point to Point Lay. Train is hauled by caterpillar tractors - thus term "cat train".Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Setting foot on Antarctic soil ( maybe ice would be a better term.).Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A Reserve staff member lowers a water sampler into the creek as part of a long- term study to assess water quality in North Inlet and Winyah Bay.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

A German map of the seafloor in the equatorial western Pacific. Uses the term "graben" for modern day "trench." This map was included in: "Das Deutsche Kolonialreich," by Hans Meyer, 1909. Vol II, p. 496. Library Call Number: Cfd M612 d.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dr. Robert Dietz of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discussing scientifi c findings of the International Indian Ocean Expedition on board the USC&GS Ship PIONEER at Colombo, Ceylon. Dr. Dietz coined the term "sea-floor spreading" a few years earlier to describe the process of seafloor accretion at active oceanic ridges.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 43. Nansen total immersion hydrometer, an instrument of variable weight and constant volume. The fact that the instrument is completely immersed during use explains the term "constant volume." Its principle was first put forth by Giuseppe Pisati in 1890 and adopted by Fridthof Nansen in 1900. In 1901 it was used by Jacob Schetelig, Nansen's assistant, from the MICHAEL SARS.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Long Term Visitor Area (LTVA) campers enjoying the mild winter in the Yuma area.Credit: Lori Cook.

Contact station at La Posa Long Term Visitor Area (LTVA) during the busy winter season.Credit: Lori Cook.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Moreover, for all those possessions, from which anyone has, without the lawful judgment of his peers, been disseised or removed, by our father, King Henry, or by our brother, King Richard, and which we retain in our hand (or which as possessed by others, to whom we are bound to warrant them) we shall have respite until the usual term of crusaders; excepting those things about which a plea has been raised, or an inquest made by our order, before our taking of the cross; but as soon as we return from the expedition, we will immediately grant full justice therein. (reference)

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. (reference)

But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. (reference)

At the last term on the affidavits then read and filed with the clerk, a rule was granted in this case, requiring the Secretary of State [note: i.e., James Madison] to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing him to deliver to William Marbury his commission as a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. (reference)

The number engaged to replace those discharged for any reason before the expiration of their term of service must not exceed five per cent. per annum of the totals laid down in this Section (Article 183). (reference)

Argument was heard in the 1952 Term, and reargument was heard this Term on certain questions propounded by the Court [347 U.S. 483, 489]. (reference)

The State may define the term "physician" to mean only a physician currently licensed by the State, and may proscribe any abortion by a person who is not a physician as so defined. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I would not dream of applying the term to any individual.

As to (r)her, she was worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term.

And never had Hester Prynne appeared more ladylike, in the antique interpretation of the term, than as she issued from the prison.

He was, in the full force of the term, what in venery is called (r)a gentle dog . But who is perfect?

First came the vacation and then the next term and then vacation again and then again another term and then again the vacation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The term ALTE describes a clinical syndrome. (references)

Ask the meaning of any medical term you don't understand. (references)

Proctitis can be short term (acute) or long term (chronic). (references)

Business

Polish law does not even use the term "car recycling". (references)

At that point suppliers offer a 45-day credit term to distributors. (references)

Short term debt is generally defined as debt payable within one year. (references)

Children

Switzerland

The mother's jail term was extended by another 3 months for abandonment and negligent homicide. (references)

Ghana

In practice schools impose fees of up to $50 (335,000 cedis) per term, and students also must purchase uniforms and books. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

His father also was arrested and sentenced to a lengthy term. (references)

Economic History

San Marino

They serve a 6-month term. (references)

Syria

That term began in January 2002. (references)

Tanzania

He is not eligible to run for a third term. (references)

Human Rights

Algeria

A judge's term is 10 years. (references)

Costa Rica

The Legislative Assembly elects the Ombudsman for a 4-year, renewable term. (references)

Hungary

In June the Minority Affairs Ombudsman was reelected for a second 6-year term. (references)

Indigenous People

Cameroon

A population of perhaps 50,000 to 100,000 Baka (Pygmies), a term that encompasses several different ethnic groups, primarily reside in the forested areas of the South and East provinces, of which Pygmies were the earliest known inhabitants. (references)

Belize

Among the country's indigenous people, the Mopan and Ke'kchi are grouped under the general term Maya, although their leaders say that they should be identified as the Masenal, meaning "common people." The Maya have sought official recognition of their communal claims to land, but the Government has been reluctant to single out one ethnic group for special consideration. (references)

Minorities

Greece

Their assertions have generated strong objections among the 2.2 million non-Slavophone Greek inhabitants of the northern Greek region of Macedonia, who use the same term to identify themselves. (references)

Political Economy

Uruguay

All elected offices are for a five-year term. (references)

Colombia

The incumbent is allowed to serve only one 4-year term. (references)

CHILE

Patents: Patents are valid for a nonrenewable term of 15 years. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

The length of a term in Congress is 5 years. (references)

Guyana

Voters indirectly elect the President to a 5-year term of office. (references)

Mongolia

In May the MPRP's presidential candidate was elected to a second and final term. (references)

Trade

Colombia

Normal payment term is sixty days. (references)

Australia

They also provide short-to-medium term funding. (references)

India

The Act also re-defines the term 'resident Indian'. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

The Ukrainian Ministry of Tourism is trying to extend the minimum required term for mandatory registration from three to thirty days. (references)

Japan

Building relationships (which probably precede a first-time sale) should emphasize trust, confidence, loyalty and commitment for the long term. (references)

Colombia

There is a very vigorous international business community in Colombia, with hundreds of well-established companies committed to their long term presence in-country. (references)

Women

Thailand

In 1998 the Government proposed changes to the law that would redefine the term rape to include marital rape. (references)

Thailand

NGO's claim that the term is vague and that such ambiguity makes the prosecution of harassment claims difficult. (references)

Yemen

However, a husband who murders his wife and her lover may be fined or imprisoned for a term not to exceed a year. (references)

Worker Rights

Kazakhstan

According to Article 135, the kidnaping of persons is punishable by a term of up to 7 years. (references)

Malaysia

Punishment for these offenses includes a maximum 10-year prison term or a fine, to be determined at the discretion of the sentencing judge. (references)

El Salvador

It provides that union officials at the time of their election, throughout their term, and for 1 year following their term may not be fired, suspended for disciplinary reasons, removed, or demoted except for legal cause. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "term": a household term ♦ academic term ♦ apply for a term of respite ♦ autumn term ♦ banks'account on term ♦ bracketed term ♦ broader term ♦ broader term partitive ♦ carry to term ♦ closed term ♦ coined term ♦ collective term ♦ component of a term ♦ Connotative term ♦ decreasing term assurance ♦ degree of a term ♦ deprecated term ♦ due from banks at term ♦ due to bank at term ♦ during his term of office ♦ end of term ♦ full term ♦ General term ♦ generic term ♦ half term ♦ hilary term ♦ household term ♦ in term ♦ in the long term ♦ in the short term ♦ Indefinite term ♦ law term ♦ lent term ♦ long term ♦ long term bond ♦ long term debt ♦ major term ♦ medium term ♦ michaelmas term ♦ middle term ♦ minor term ♦ minor term of a syllogism ♦ narrower term ♦ narrower term partitive ♦ nazi term ♦ partitive term ♦ permitted term ♦ presidential term ♦ prison term ♦ privative term ♦ Probatory term ♦ put a term to ♦ relative term ♦ sales term ♦ school term ♦ sea term ♦ search term ♦ set a term to ♦ set a term to smth. ♦ set up a term to ♦ short term ♦ singular term ♦ spring term ♦ summer term ♦ technical term ♦ Term day ♦ term deposit ♦ term deposit with banks ♦ term entry system ♦ Term fee ♦ term infant ♦ term insurance ♦ term of a contract ♦ term of abuse ♦ term of affection ♦ term of appeal ♦ term of endearment ♦ term of enlistment ♦ term of imprisonment ♦ term of life ♦ term of office ♦ term of payment ♦ term office ♦ term paper ♦ Term policy ♦ term rewriting system ♦ term trust ♦ To keep term ♦ tolerated term ♦ top term ♦ Trinity term ♦ university term ♦ use the formal term of address. Additional references.

Beginning with "term": term-a, term-borrowings, term-by-term, term-length, term-limit, term-limits, term-long, term-time, term-trend, term-work.

Ending with "term": derived-term, end-of-term, fixed-term, fourth-term, half-term, mid-term, near-term, one-term, pre-term, shorter-term, three-term, two-term.

Containing "term": fixed-term loan, HIV Long-Term Survivors, long-term assets, long-term capitals, Long-Term Care, long-term contract, long-term convict, long-term health risks, long-term liabilities, long-term liability, long-term memory, long-term plan, long-term planning, Long-Term Potentiation, short-term contract, short-term liability, short-term memory, short-term solution.

Afrikaan

term. (various references)

Albanian

term (therm, word), shprehje (emphasis, exponent, expression, locution, loose, phrase, phrases, profession, transfusion, utterance, voice), sezon shkollor (term-time), semestër (semester), qëllim (aim, ambition, aspiration, cause, design, designation, end, goal, idea, intent, intention, Mark, mission, notion, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, scope, target, thought, view), periudhë (bout, chapter, date, day, epoch, hitch, hour, inning, innings, period, phase, run, season, span, stage, streak, stretch, tide, time, tour, vintage), marrëdhënie (companionship, connection, connexion, intercourse, link, rapport, relation, relationship), kusht (actualities, circumstance, circumstances, condition, price, provision, proviso, reservation, reserve, salvo, specification, stipulation, thing), kohë (date, day, distance, hour, period, sand, season, time, weather, when, while), fjalë (agreement, hearsay, language, news, order, promise, report, rumor, rumour, say, speech, vocable, word), fillim (beginning, breaking, coming-in, commencement, cradle, dawn, inception, incipience, initiation, lead off, offset, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, prime, rise, river head, seed, send off, set out, start), afat (date, period). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وصف (adjective, attributive, capacity, characterization, characterize, demonstrate, demonstration, depict, depiction, describe, description, dub, painting, picture, portray), ‏شرط (condition, provision, scarification, score, slash, slit, stipulation, string), ‏أجل أو مدة, ‏إتفاق (accord, community, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, deal, oneness, pact, promise, settlement, treaty, understanding, unity), ‏الأوان الطبيعي للمخاض, ‏طرف في الرياضيات, ‏عبارة (idiom, locution, phrase), ‏دعا (allege, beckon, bid, call, claim, contend, enter a plea, feign, fetch, invite, name, plead, profess, purport, recall, set up, summon, warn), ‏تعبير (articulation, enunciation, expressing, expression, locution, look, manifestation, mien, mouth, phrase, statement, utterance, wording), ‏فترة (epoch, era, interval, period, phase, qualifying period, season, spell, stage, time, while), ‏مدة (duration, interval, period, time, while), ‏مدة محددة, ‏مصطلح (code, expression, idiom), ‏مهلة (appointed time, delay, extension, grace, indulgence, respite, time limit), ‏ميعاد, ‏كلمة (word), ‏فصل مدرسي, ‏سمى (denominate, designate, name, nominate, style, title). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съдебна сесия, срок (half, quarter, session), учебен срок, семестър (half, half year, quarter, semester, session), член (article, limb, member, part), термин (name), край (about, abutment, border, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, extremity, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, hem, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, over, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge, wind up), граница (ambit, barricade, border, borderline, bound, boundary, butting, confine, delimitation, demarcation, frontier, limit, mete, pale, party line, precinct, purview, radius, rand, verge), определям като, назовавам (denominate, nominate, style), менструация (courses, flow, flowers, menses, menstruation, monthlies, period), лични отношения, период (age, circle, cycle, date, epoch, period, phase, repetend, season, spell, time). (various references)

Chinese 

�"語 (terminology), 期限 (terms), 期 (a period of time, period, phase, stage, time, to hope), 學期 (semester). (various references)

Czech

termín (date, deadline), pojmenovat (designate, entitle, name), podmínka (condition, proviso, qualification, requirement, stipulation), oznaèit (denote, describe, designate, highlight, indicate, inscribe, label, Mark, prick, sign, signify, stigmatize), období (epoch, period, phase, season, spell, stage), název (designation, heading, name, title), lhùta (date, deadline, period, reprieve, time), doba (age, date, epoch, period, space, spell, tide, time, times, while), èas (tense, tide, time, while). (various references)

Danish

udtryk (expression, significant, signifier). (various references)

Dutch

term (account, motive, reason), vakterm. (various references)

Esperanto

termino. (various references)

Farsi 

فصل (Article, Season), موقع (Occasion, Period, Room, Situation), مدت (Duration, Interval, Length, Life, Outage, Patch, Period, Stretch, Time, Tract, Usance), هنگام (During, Gamut, In, Moment, Season), نیمسال (Semester), نامیدن (Call, Entitle, Name, Nominate, Style), سمستر, عبارت (Diction, Phrase, Quotation, Word), جمله (Outright, Sentence, Total), اصطلاح (Epithet, Idiom, Phrase), ثلث تحصیلی , روابط, شرایط (Qualification), دوره انتصاب , دوره (Age, Career, Circuit, Epoch, Era, Periphery, Set, Space, Stadium, Stretch). (various references)

Finnish

termi, nimitys (appointment, designation, mane). (various references)

French

terme, expression, durée, échéance. (various references)

German

Ausdruck (arithmetic expression, expression, hard copy, listing, manifestation, phrase, printout, registration, routine, utterance, verbalism), Terminus, Wort (keyword, mot, quotation, say so, saying, speech, undertaking, vocable, word), term, laufzeit (appointed time of expiry, currency, delay, duration, elapse time, life, maturity, milage, mileage, operational time, period of validity, period to maturity, run, running time, runtime, term falling due, terms, time, transmission delay, usance), bezeichnung (acceptation, appellation, denotation, description, designating, designation, expression, indication, marking, meaning, notation, signification, title). (various references)

Greek 

όρος (clause, mount, mountain, stipulation), προθεσμία (currency, duration, life, maturity, period to maturity, time limit, usance). (various references)

Hebrew 

מל�" (speech, word), מוש�' (apperceived, attained, concept, conception, idea, notion, obtained), מוע�" (confirmed, festival, forewarned, habitual, liable, meeting, season, warned), מו� ח (laid, put), משך (continuity, drawing, duration, length, prolongation, run, span, stretch), יום פרעון, לקרוא בשם (call by name, name), לכ� ות (label, name, style), תקופ�" (age, cycle, epoch, era, period, season, space, stage, streak, time), ת� אי (condition, provision, proviso, state, stipulation), עת (age, era, period, season, time), עו� �" (cohabitation, period, season), כ� וי (appellation, denomination, epithet, name, sobriquet, style, surname, title), בטוי (expression, idiom, manifestation, phrase, pronunciation, tag, utterance). (various references)

Hungarian

tag (acolyte, adept, adherent, associate, bloke, chappie, chappy, joint, member, supporter), szemeszter (semester), szakszó (specialized word), szakkifejezés (technical term, technicality), szó (logo, no go!, vocable, word), nap (day, solar, sun), menstruáció (courses, flowers, menses, menstrual flow, menstruation, monthly, monthly courses, periods, turns), kifejezés (expression, idiom, phrase, phrase in current use, phrases, utterance), időtartam (duration, period, span, spell, time, tract), időszak (cycle, dwell, season, spell, time, tract, tract of time), havibaj (courses, flowers, menstrual flow, menstruation, monthlies, monthly courses, turns), határnap, határidő (deadline, dead-line, tickler), félév (half year, quarter, semester), ülésszak (prorogation, session, sittings). (various references)

Icelandic

skammaryrði (invective, term of abuse). (various references)

Indonesian

mengatakan (assert, breathe), masa (epoch, era, period, season, tense), batas waktu (deadlines). (various references)

Irish

tréimhse. (various references)

Italian

termine (boundary, conclusion, date, end, ending, expiry, expression, item, last, limit, period prescribed, terminus, time, time limit, word), scadenza (date, deadline, due date, expiration, expiry, expiry date, matureness, maturity, maturity date, run, time limit), espressione (aspect, countenance, expression, hard copy, look, phrase, utterance, wording). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�語 (terminology), 期限 (period), 期�" (period), 名辞 (name), 年限 (length of time), 年度 (fiscal year, school year, year), 件名 (subject, title), ソ連 (Russia, Soviet Union, tar, target, terminal, terminal building, terminal care, terminator, turban, turbine, turbo, turbocharger, turquoise, zombie, zone, Zoroaster), 学期 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がっき (musical instrument), きか�" (already published, boiler, engine, facility, feedback, flagship, gauge, hunger and cold, instrument, key, mainstay, mechanism, mirror, nucleus, organ, paragon, pattern, period, quarterly, repatriation, return, returning to one'sship, trachea, wonderful sight, your letter), ね�"ど (clay, fiscal year, school year, viscosity, year), ね�"�'�" (length of time), き�'�" (A.D., beginning, era, humour, mood, origin, period, rise, temper), めいじ (explicitly state, Meiji era, name, specification), ター� , よう�" (foreign speech, nursing, protection, protective care, terminology), け�"めい (eagerness, earnestness, intelligence, prudence, risking one's life, subject, title, wisdom). (various references)

Korean 

연한 (terms). (various references)

Manx

oirrag (ridge), joarrey, imbagh (season, tide), enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, nominate, specify, style, superscription, terminology, title), cheorey (circumscription, compass, compass boundary). (various references)

Norwegian

skjellsord (invective, term of abuse). (various references)

Papiamen

término. (various references)

Pig Latin

ermtay

Portuguese

termo (district, end, expiratory, explain, finish, limit, omelet, stop, surcease, tail end, termination, therm, thermos flask, vacuum bottle, vacuum lask, windup, word). (various references)

Romanian

timp (age, beat, course, cycle, date, day, distance, epoch, era, hour, length, period, season, tense, time, weather, while), termeni, termen (expression, hour, name, relations, reprieve, terminus, terms, time, word), trimestru la şcoalã, se numi, capãt (beginning, bottom, close, conclusion, dead end, end, extremity, head, termination, tip), clauze, condiţii (background), denumi (call, denominate, designate, name, title), duratã (continuance, course, duration, endurance, lasting, length, life, long, stretch), expresie (articulation, brow, cast, expression, formulary, locution, loose, mien, phrase, sneer), califica (habilitate, label, Mark, proclaim, qualify, style), scadenţã (maturity, maturity of a bill, prompt), semestru (half year, semester), semestru la universitate, sfârşit (all over, cessation, close, conclusion, death, decline, dissolution, end, end-all, ended, ending, exhausted, finality, fine, finis, finish, issue, quietus, stop, termination, upshot), soroc (monthly), perioadã (age, cycle, date, day, distance, epoch, era, lapse, period, repetend, season, stadium, stage, streak, tide, time). (various references)

Russian 

судебная сессия, срок (date, limitation, the term of, the terms of, time), семестр (half, half year, semester), элемент (cell, couple, element), член (crewman, leaguer, limb, member, wacs), термин (a term), терм (therm, therms), научное выражение, научное название, предел (ambit, bound, butting, circumference, confine, deadline, flash point, limit, measure, precinct, scope, stint, tether, threshold). (various references)

Scottish

teirm (a term), m� g (a paw, ludicrous term for the hand, paw), laochan (familiar term in, little hero), eudail (darling, treasure, treasure; cattle; term of endearment), boban, bobug (a term of affection for a boy), b� rluadh (a term in pipe music). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

trajanje (continuance, duration, lasting, standing), termin (period), zasedanje (meeting, session), semestar (semester), rok (deadline, limit, respite, roc, rock 'n' roll, service), pojam (apprehension, concept, conception, idea, notion), označiti (connote, denote, designate, hallmark, label, mark, mark in, signalize, signify, tag), odnosi (terms), nazvati (call, christen, name, nominate, style), naziv (denomination, name, title), član (article, clause, member, node). (various references)

Spanish

término (concept, conclusion, definition, end, ending, expression, finisher, terminal, terminus, word), plazo (advance notice, date, installment, instalment, notice, respite, time, time limit, tour). (various references)

Swedish

term (expression), termin (period, semester, session), beteckning (denomination, denotation, designation, indication). (various references)

Thai

สมัย, ตั้งชื่อ (name), ระยะเวลาที่กำหน�", คำศัพท์, � าคเรียน. (various references)

Turkish

terim (locution), süre (bout, continuance, duration, interval, length, notice, period, respite, run, screen time, space, span, stretch, time, while), söz (assurance, commitment, committal, engagement, expression, faith, pledge, plight, promise, say, saying, sentence, spiel, statement, talk, upon my word, verbalism, vocable, voice, word, wordy), sınır taşı (landmark), regl dönemi, koşul (circumstance, condition, provision, proviso, requirement, state, stipulation, string), isim vermek (dub, mention names, name, name names), ifade (declaration, denotation, deposition, enunciation, evidence, expression, import, locution, phrase, proposition, recital, recital of fact, signification, statement, utterance, voice), doğum zamanı (time), devre (bout, chukker, circuit, cycle, half, period, session), demek (bade, bid, call, observe, say, so, style, tell, then), dönem (circle, date, day, epoch, period, semester, session, spell), adlandırmak (call, denominate, designate, entitle, intitle, refer to), adet dönemi. (various references)

Turkmen 

termin (r), adalga (title). (various references)

Ukranian 

строк (date, day, hour, spell), стосунки (relations), умови (circumstance), семестр (half, half year, semester), термін (appellation, epithet), висловлювати (bring out, discharge, enounce, express, give voice to, phrase, pronounce, put, say, set forth, signify, spit, vocalize, voice). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự giao thiệp (contact, intercourse, touch), sự giao hảo, quý (precious, preciously, valued), kỳ học, hạn (waterless), giới hạn (abutment, abuttal, diapason, limit, measure, reserve, restrictive), định hạn thời hạn. (various references)

Welsh

tymor (season), term (bout), teler (condition). (various references)

terminus, vocabula, vocabulis, vocabulo, vocabulorum, vocabulum. (various references)

terme. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "term": termagant, termagants, termed, termer, termers, terminable, terminableness, terminablenesses, terminably, terminal, terminally, terminals, terminate, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination, terminational, terminations, terminative, terminatively, terminator, terminators, terming, termini, terminological, terminologically, terminologies, terminology, terminus, terminuses, termitaria, termitaries, termitarium, termitary, termite, termites, termitic, termless, termly, termor, termors, terms, termtime, termtimes. (additional references)

Words ending with "term": interterm, midterm, misterm, preterm. (additional references)

Words containing "term": accouterment, accouterments, aftermarket, aftermarkets, aftermath, aftermaths, aftermost, betterment, betterments, buttermilk, buttermilks, codetermination, codeterminations, conterminous, conterminously, costermonger, costermongers, coterminous, coterminously, countercountermeasure, countercountermeasures, counterman, countermand, countermanded, countermanding, countermands, countermarch, countermarched, countermarches, countermarching, countermeasure, countermeasures, countermelodies, countermelody, countermemo, countermemos, countermen, countermine, countermined, countermines, countermining, countermobilization, countermobilizations, countermove, countermoved, countermovement, countermovements, countermoves, countermoving, countermyth, countermyths, determent, determents, determinable, determinableness, determinablenesses, determinably, determinacies, determinacy, determinant, determinantal, determinants, determinate, determinately, determinateness, determinatenesses, determination, determinations, determinative, determinatives, determinator, determinators, determine, determined, determinedly, determinedness, determinednesses, determiner, determiners, determines, determining, determinism, determinisms, determinist, deterministic, deterministically, determinists, disintermediation, disintermediations, disinterment, disinterments, embitterment, embitterments, exterminate, exterminated, exterminates, exterminating, extermination, exterminations, exterminator, exterminators, exterminatory, extermine, extermined, extermines, extermining, indeterminable, indeterminably, indeterminacies, indeterminacy, indeterminate, indeterminately, indeterminateness, indeterminatenesses, indetermination, indeterminations, indeterminism, indeterminisms, indeterminist, indeterministic, indeterminists, intermale, intermarginal, intermarriage, intermarriages, intermarried, intermarries, intermarry, intermarrying, intermeddle, intermeddled, intermeddler, intermeddlers, intermeddles, intermeddling, intermediacies, intermediacy, intermediaries, intermediary, intermediate, intermediated, intermediately, intermediateness, intermediatenesses, intermediates, intermediating, intermediation, intermediations, intermedin, intermedins, intermembrane, intermenstrual, interment, interments, intermesh, intermeshed, intermeshes, intermeshing, intermetallic, intermetallics, intermezzi, intermezzo, intermezzos, interminable, interminableness, interminablenesses, interminably, intermingle, intermingled, intermingles, intermingling, interministerial, intermission, intermissionless, intermissions, intermit, intermitotic, intermits, intermitted, intermittence, intermittences, intermittencies, intermittency, intermittent, intermittently, intermitter, intermitters, intermitting, intermix, intermixed, intermixes, intermixing, intermixture, intermixtures, intermodal, intermodulation, intermodulations, intermolecular, intermolecularly, intermont, intermontane, intermountain, intermural, interterminal, letterman, lettermen, littermate, littermates, lobsterman, lobstermen, mastermind, masterminded, masterminding, masterminds, midterms, mistermed, misterming, misterms, multiterminal, nondeterministic, nonterminal, nonterminating, outermost, overdetermined, oysterman, oystermen, predetermination, predeterminations, predetermine, predetermined, predeterminer, predeterminers, predetermines, predetermining, preterminal, pretermination, preterminations, pretermission, pretermissions, pretermit, pretermits, pretermitted, pretermitting, quartermaster, quartermasters, redetermination, redeterminations, redetermine, redetermined, redetermines, redetermining, subterminal, undeterminable, undetermined, uttermost, uttermosts, waterman, watermanship, watermanships, watermark, watermarked, watermarking, watermarks, watermelon, watermelons, watermen. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Term" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: derm, eerrmmm, erm, Er-mr, errm, errmm, etm, etr, Etrim, iterm, jerm, merm, qterm, taern, tarim, tarmy, Tarom, Tarum, teer, telm, temm, terb, terc, terd, terem, terf, terk, terl, terp, terr, tert, teru, terum, therm, tiern, tirm, tirn, tlem, torm, torme, treh, treim, trem, treme, tremmy, tren, treq, trern, trev, trex, trr, turmy, twern, verm, xterm, zerm. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: met, rem, ret.

-2 letters: em, er, et, me, re.

+1 letter: armet, mater, merit, meter, metre, metro, miter, mitre, muter, ramet, remet, remit, retem, tamer, terms, therm, timer.

+2 letters: armets, armlet, cermet, dreamt, emoter, estrum, hermit, imaret, iterum, market, marted, marten, master, maters, matres, matter, mature, meeter, melter, mentor, merest, merits, merlot, meteor, meters, metier, metred, metres, metric, metros, milter, minter, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, molter, mooter, mother, muster, mutter, myrtle, permit, ramate, ramets, ramjet, rectum, reemit, remate, remeet, remelt, remint, remits, remixt, remote, reteam, retems, retime, retrim, smiter, stream, tamers, tamper, teemer, temper, tergum, termed, termer, termly, termor, therme, therms, timber, timbre, timers, tramel, tremor, trimer, trompe.

+3 letters: airtime, amateur, amirate, ammeter, amreeta, armlets, armrest, bromate, centrum, cermets, chetrum, cremate, crumpet, demerit, dimeter, elytrum, embrute, emerita, emeriti, emirate, emitter, emoters, emptier, eremite, erotism, erratum, estrums, extrema, extreme, fermata, fermate, ferment, firmest, formate, furmety, garment, gourmet, grommet, grummet, gumtree, hamster, hermits, imarets, imbrute, imprest, imputer, interim, lambert, lamster, limiter, maestri, maestro, maltier, margent, markets, marlite, marmite, martens, martlet, masters, mastery, matcher, matters, mattery, matured, maturer, matures, meatier, meerkat, meeters, melters, mentors, merited, merlots, metamer, meteors, metered, metiers, metrics, metrify, metring, metrist, midterm, migrate, milters, miltier, minaret, minster, minters, mintier, minuter, miriest, mirkest, misrate, misterm, misters, mistier, mitered, miterer, mithers, mixture, mobster, moister, molters, monster, montero, mooters, mordent, mortice, mortise, mothers, mothery, mothier, motlier, motored, mottler, moulter, mounter, mouther, multure, munster, muriate, murkest, murther, musters, mustier, mutters, myrtles, mystery, mythier, oestrum, omitter, permits, permute, pomfret, preempt, premeet, premixt, premolt, preterm, pretrim, primate, promote, ragtime, raiment, ramenta, ramjets, readmit, rectums, reemits, regmata, rematch, remated, remates, remeets, remelts, remints, remnant, remoter, remotes, remount, resmelt, restamp, reteams, retimed, retimes, retrims, rimiest, rummest, sarment, smarted, smarten, smarter, smartie, smatter, smelter, smiters, smother, stammer, stamper, steamer, stemmer, sternum, stomper, stormed, streams, streamy, strumae, stumper, sumpter, tampers, tearoom, teemers, temblor, tempera, tempers, templar, tempter, tempura, teraohm, terbium, termers, terming, termini, termite, termors, theorem, thermae, thermal, thermel, thermes, thermic, thermos, thumper, thymier, timbers, timbrel, timbres, timider, tonearm, torment, tramell, tramels, trammed, trammel, tramped, tramper, trample, tremble, trembly, tremolo, tremors, trimers, trimmed, trimmer, trireme, triseme, trisome, trommel, tromped, trompes, trumeau, trumped, trumpet, tumbler, tumbrel, tummler, turfmen, unmiter, unmitre, varment, vermuth, vitamer, vomiter, warmest, wartime.

+4 letters: admitter, ageratum, airtimes, amaretti, amaretto, amateurs, ambivert, ameerate, amirates, amitrole, ammeters, amoretti, amoretto, amortise, amortize, amreetas, animater, anteroom, antimere, apterium, argentum, argument, armament, armature, armrests, asterism, atheroma, atomiser, atomizer, atremble, attemper, averment, barmiest, bergamot, bimester, biometry, bottomer, bregmata, bregmate, bromated, bromates, cementer, cemetery, centrism, centrums, ceramist, cerement, chetrums, chromate, chromite, combater, cometary, comether, commuter, computer, costumer, crabmeat, cremated, cremates, cremator, crewmate, crumpets, customer, damewort, deemster, demerits, democrat, dempster, demurest, diameter, diestrum, dimeters, dimetric, diriment, doomster, dormient, drumbeat, dumpster, earthman, earthmen, ectoderm, ectomere, electrum, emanator, embitter, embruted, embrutes, emeerate, emergent, emeritae, emeritas, emeritus, emigrant, emigrate, emirates, emitters, emptiers, emulator, enormity, entoderm, eremites, eremitic, erethism, ergotism, erotisms, erumpent, erythema, eurythmy, extremer, extremes, extremum, fermatas, ferments, fomenter, foremast, foremost, foretime, formates, fragment, fremitus, fretsome, fromenty, frumenty, fumarate, furmenty, gamester, garments, geometer, geometry, germiest, gourmets, grimiest, grimmest, grommets, grummest, grummets, gumtrees, hamsters, hatmaker, hemipter, hermetic, hermitic, hermitry, homeport, imbitter, imbruted, imbrutes, immature, impacter, imparted, imparter, imported, importer, imposter, imprests, imputers, intercom, interims, intermit, intermix, isometry, isotherm, itemizer, keratoma, lamberts, lamenter, lamister, lamsters, limiters, macerate, maestros, magister, malapert, maltreat, maltster, margents, marinate, maritime, marketed, marketer, marliest, marlites, marmites, marmoset, martello, martinet, martlets, martyred, masseter, mastered, masterly, matchers, material, materiel, maternal, matrices, matrixes, mattered, mattress, maturate, maturely, maturest, maumetry, mediator, meerkats, megastar, menstrua, mentored, mercapto, merchant, meristem, meristic, meriting, merriest, mesotron, metamere, metamers, metaphor, meteoric, meterage, metering, metrical, metrists, metritis, midterms, mightier, migrated, migrates, minarets, minister, minsters, minstrel, mirkiest, misalter, misenter, misentry, misinter, misrated, misrates, misroute, missteer, mistaker, misterms, misthrew, mistrace, mistreat, mistress, miswrite, miswrote, miterers, mitering, mixtures, mobsters, moderate, moderato, modester, moisture, molester, monetary, monstera, monsters, monteros, mooriest, mordents, mortared, mortgage, morticed, mortices, mortised, mortiser, mortises, mothered, motherly, motioner, motleyer, motorise, motorize, motormen, mottlers, moulters, mounters, mouthers, mouthier, muenster, muleteer, multures, munsters, muriated, muriates, muricate, murkiest, murrelet, murthers, musketry, mustered, mutineer, muttered, mutterer, nonmetro, numerate, odometer, odometry, oestrums, ohmmeter, omitters, onstream, ornament, orometer, orpiment, outdream, outhomer, overmelt, overtame, overtime, overtrim, parament, permeant, permeate, permuted, permutes, plectrum, pomfrets, preadmit, preempts, prelimit, prestamp, pretrims, primates, primmest, promoted, promoter, promotes, prompted, prompter, racemate, raftsmen, ragtimes, raiments, ramentum, rammiest, readmits, realtime, rearmost, recommit, redreamt, reformat, regiment, reimport, remanent, remarket, remaster, remating, remelted, reminted, remittal, remitted, remitter, remittor, remnants, remotely, remotest, remotion, remounts, resmelts, resmooth, restamps, restroom, resubmit, reteamed, retemper, retiform, retiming, rhematic, rimester, rolamite, roomette, roomiest, roommate, routeman, routemen, rudiment, ruminate, rummiest, sarmenta, sarments, scimetar, scimiter, scramjet, seamster, semester, seriatim, setiform, smartens, smartest, smarties, smatters, smelters, smeltery, smithers, smithery, smoother, smothers, smothery, smuttier, somerset, spectrum, stammers, stampers, staumrel, steamers, steamier, stemmers, stemmery, stemmier, stemware, sterigma, sternums, stompers, stormier, streamed, streamer, strummed, strummer, strumose, strumpet, stumbler, stumpers, stumpier, sumpters, symmetry, tampered, tamperer, tapeworm, tautomer, teamaker, teamster, teamwork, tearooms, telegram, telemark, telomere, temblors, temerity, temperas, tempered, temperer, templars, temporal, tempters, tempuras, teraohms, teraphim, teratism, teratoma, terbiums, terminal, terminus, termites, termitic, termless, termtime, tetramer, theorems, theremin, thermals, thermels, thermion, thermite, thrummed, thrummer, thumpers, tidemark, timbered, timbrels, timecard, timelier, timework, timeworn, tiresome, tonearms, torments, trackmen, trainmen, trameled, tramells, tramless, tramline, trammels, trampers, trampled, trampler, tramples, trashmen, trembled, trembler, trembles, tremolos, trichome, trimeric, trimeter, trimmers, trimmest, trimness, triremes, trisemes, trisemic, trisomes, trombone, trommels, truckmen, trumeaux, trumpery, trumpets, tumblers, tumbrels, tummlers, turmeric, tyramine, udometer, udometry, umbrette, undreamt, unmiters, unmitred, unmitres, upmarket, upstream, varments, veratrum, verbatim, vermouth, vermuths, vitamers, vomiters, wartimes, waterman, watermen, workmate, wormiest, yawmeter, zoometry.

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