term

Meaning

Synonyms

period of time

refer to

allotted time

terminal point

term of office

give a name to

length of time

fixed date

set time

academic term

time span

experimental condition

boundary tablet

-shaped

appointed day

boundary stone

end-point

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɜːm/
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.”). Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.

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