term

term is a 4-letter English word with 25 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
2. noun. The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
3. noun. In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
4. noun. A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
5. noun. A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
6. noun. The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.
7. noun. A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.
8. noun. The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.
9. noun. The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
10. noun. A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
11. noun. A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
12. noun. A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
13. noun. The menses.
14. noun. Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
15. noun. In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
16. noun. A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
17. noun. To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
18. noun. (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

    Synonyms: terminus

19. noun. any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial

    "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"

20. noun. a word or expression used for some particular thing

    "he learned many medical terms"

21. noun. one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

    "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

22. noun. (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"

    Synonyms: condition

23. noun. a limited period of time

    "a prison term"

    "he left school before the end of term"

24. noun. the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

    "a healthy baby born at full term"

25. verb. name formally or designate with a term

Synonyms

terminus, condition

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in term:

trem

Common word forms

terms, termal, termed, termen, termer, termes, termly, terming, termless

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