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📖 Определения и значения для слова term

📒 a word or phrase used as the name of something, especially one connected with a particular type of language

  • a technical/legal/generic term
  • a glossary of terms
  • a term of abuse

📒 (especially in the UK) one of the three periods in the year during which classes are held in schools, universities, etc.

  • the spring/summer/autumn/fall term
  • during term Many students now have paid employment during term.
  • (British English) It's nearly the end of term.

📒 a period of time for which something lasts; a fixed or limited time

  • during the president’s first term of/in office
  • term as something a term as president/mayor/governor/prime minister
  • term of something He was sentenced to a prison/jail term of 25 years for the offence.

📒 the end of a particular period of time, especially one for which something is expected to last

  • His life had reached its natural term.
  • This view of the economy is approaching its term (= it will soon be old-fashioned).
  • (medical) The pregnancy went to full term (= lasted the normal length of time).

📒 each of the various parts in a series, an equation, etc.

📒 used to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future

  • Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).
  • In the longer term, children of depressed mothers are more likely to suffer from childhood depression.
  • In the long term, our efforts will pay off.
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