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EN[tɜːmz] [tɝmz]
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    Definition of terms in English Dictionary

  • NounBFtermPREter-
    1. plural of term.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The lights seen over the city last night, originally termed unidentified flying objects, turned out to be spotlights from a car dealership reflecting on low clouds.
        • Or to put it in the bracingly original terms of “The Second Plane,” it is misology that is the cause of thanatism.
        • 11 January 1929 Chicago Tribune - SENATE WARS ON VAGUE TERMS OF ANTI-WAR PACT
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • On April 7, 2003, Senator Rick Santorum signaled his opposition to same-sex marriage in no uncertain terms.
        • What we don’t want is people overdistributing by share buybacks or overpaying dividends and not investing for the long term.
        • There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Noun forms
          • Noun plural forms
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      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of terms for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "terms" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form.
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