Terms Synonyms, Terms Antonyms

term early 13c., terme "limit in time, set or appointed period," from O.Fr. terme "limit of time or place" (11c.), from L. terminus "end, boundary line," related to termen "boundary, end" (see terminus). Sense of "period of time during which something happens" first recorded c.1300, especially of a school or law court session (mid-15c.), The meaning "word or phrase used in a limited or precise sense" is first recorded late 14c., from M.L. use to render Gk. horos "boundary," employed in mathematics and logic. Meaning "completion of the period of pregnancy" is from 1844. The verb meaning "to give ...a particular name to" is recorded from mid-16c. Term-paper in U.S. educational sense is recorded from 1931.

Example Sentences for terms

It is the fashion nowadays, for instance, to explain all social unrest in terms of economic conditions.

It lists the conditions under which you're borrowing and the terms under which you agree to pay back the loan.

Artists have been trying to come to terms with photography's implications ever since.

In any case these two terms, at present, keep on fighting for space.