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Grammar : Verb
Spell : turm
Phonetic Transcription : tɜrm

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Origin :
  • early 13c., terme "limit in time, set or appointed period," from Old French terme "limit of time or place" (11c.), from Latin terminus "end, boundary line," related to termen "boundary, end" (see terminus). Old English had termen "term, end," from Latin. Sense of "period of time during which something happens" first recorded c.1300, especially of a school or law court session (mid-15c.).
  • The meaning "word or phrase used in a limited or precise sense" is first recorded late 14c., from Medieval Latin use to render Greek horos "boundary," employed in mathematics and logic. Meaning "completion of the period of pregnancy" is from 1844. Term-paper in U.S. educational sense is recorded from 1931.
  • verb name something
Example sentences :
  • He was by no means what is termed a sportsman, yet he was somewhat fond of shooting.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Still the barytone, who was almost as fond of conversation as of what he termed "vocal."
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • As she herself could have assigned no cause for her repugnance, it might be termed instinctive.
  • Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He had less of what might be termed self-indulgence in this feeling than Lamb.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Then Ned, from a baseball standpoint of safety, did what might be termed a foolish thing.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • These are termed "organs," and the whole together is called "organic."
  • Extract from : « The Present Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • The submerged portion of a yacht is, as in all other boats, termed the hull.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • One day he even reproached Therese with what he termed her coldness for Laurent.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • I have mentioned that we have several enclosures that may be termed gardens.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • The Ionian, he replied, and the Lydian; they are termed 'relaxed.'
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

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