termly

term ► NOUN 1) a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept. 2) (terms) language used on a particular occasion: a protest in the strongest possible terms. 3) (terms) stipulated or agreed requirements or conditions. 4) (terms) relationship or footing: we're on good terms. 5) a period for which something lasts or is intended to last. 6) each of the periods in the year during which instruction is given in a school or college or during which a law court holds sessions. 7) (also full term) the completion of a normal length of pregnancy. 8) Logic a word or words that may be the subject or predicate of a proposition. 9) Mathematics each of the quantities in a ratio, series, or mathematical expression.

► VERB ▪ call by a specified term.

● come to terms with — Cf. ↑come to terms with

● in terms of (or in terms) — Cf. ↑in terms of

● the term — Cf. ↑the term

● on terms — Cf. ↑on terms

● terms of reference — Cf. ↑terms of reference

DERIVATIVES termly adjective & adverb.

ORIGIN Latin terminus 'end, boundary, limit' .