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Noun term has 7 senses

term - a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
--₁ is a kind of word
--₁ has particulars: referent
Derived form: verb term₁
term - a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
--₂ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₂ has part: midterm
--₂ has particulars:
prison term, sentence, time; school term, academic term, academic session, session; tenure, term of office, incumbency
condition, term - (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"
--₃ is a kind of statement
--₃ is a part of agreement, understanding
term - any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
--₄ is a kind of quantity
term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
--₅ is a kind of constituent, grammatical constituent
--₅ is a part of proposition
--₅ has particulars:
subject; predicate; referent; relatum; categorem, categoreme; major term; minor term; middle term
term, full term - the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
--₆ is a kind of point, point in time
--₆ is a part of gestation, gestation period
terminus, terminal figure, term - (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
--₇ is a kind of statue

Verb term has 1 sense

term - name formally or designate with a term
--₁ is one way to name, call

Derived form: noun term₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something