Synonyms for terming
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : turm |
| Phonetic Transcription : tÉœrm |
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Définition of terming
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
- I am pretty sure that I cannot be mistaken in terming him the true and very Sophist.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- They call us rough, and we try to get even by terming them effete.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
- Paul is not in the habit of terming temptations of the flesh "thorns."
- Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
- Are we justified in terming their view of the universe a materialistic one?
- Extract from : « The Teaching of Epictetus » by Epictetus
- That Sam had retorted by terming the poet a "conceited ass."
- Extract from : « The Astonishing History of Troy Town » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- He had followed the usual custom in terming the ober-lieutenant a captain since he had an independent naval command.
- Extract from : « Dave Darrin and the German Submarines » by H. Irving Hancock
- Indeed there is no substantial objection to terming any sort of government made by a constitution or agreement federal.
- Extract from : « Nullification, Secession Webster's Argument and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions » by Caleb William Loring
- I know not in any epic a grander idea than terming the avenues which lead to it the roads "to Spain, to Holland," etc.
- Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He cannot suppress his contempt of the delusion or hypocrisy of our ancestors in terming themselves republicans.
- Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
- The broom never attains a height to justify the terming it a 'grove.'
- Extract from : « The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays » by Thomas Keightley
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