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term

noun

1 a dictionary of current scientific and technical terms:

word, expression, phrase, turn of phrase, idiom, locution;

name, title, denomination, designation, label;

formal appellation.

2 (terms) a protest in the strongest possible terms:

language, mode of expression, manner of speaking, phraseology, terminology;

words, phrases, expressions.

3 (terms) a legal document which sets out the terms of the contract:

conditions, stipulations, specifications, provisions, provisos;

restrictions, qualifications;

particulars, details, points, clauses, articles.

4 (terms) a policy offering the same cover and benefits on more favourable terms:

rates, prices, charges, costs, fees;

tariff.

5 the President is elected for a single four-year term:

period, period of time, time, length of time, spell, stint, duration;

interval, stretch, run, phase;

term of office, period of office, incumbency, administration.

6 the summer term:

session;

North American semester, trimester, quarter.

□ come to terms

1 Charles V and Charles of Navarre came to terms:

reach (an) agreement/understanding, come to an agreement/understanding, make a deal, reach a compromise, meet each other halfway, establish a middle ground, be reconciled.

2 Philippa eventually came to terms with her situation:

accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to;

learn to live with, become resigned to, make the best of;

face up to.

□ in terms of

replacing the printers is difficult to justify in terms of cost:

with regard to, as regards, regarding, concerning, as to, in respect of, with reference to, in the matter of, in connection with.

□ on — terms

the two families were on friendly terms:

in a … relationship (with), having … relations (with), on a … footing (with).

verb

he has been termed the father of modern theology:

call, name, entitle, title, style, designate, describe as, dub, label, tag;

nickname;

rare denominate.

term Oxford Dictionary of English