term
/tɜːm/
UK: /tɜːm/
term
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Definition
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
Etymology
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”). Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.
Example Sentences
- "Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries."
- "At the decline of day, Winding above the mountain’s snowy term, New banners shone: […]"
- ""Alright, look...we can spend the holidays with your parents, but this time it will be on my terms.""
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