term
verb/tɜːm/
/tɜːrm/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they term | /tɜːm/ /tɜːrm/ |
| he / she / it terms | /tɜːmz/ /tɜːrmz/ |
| past simple termed | /tɜːmd/ /tɜːrmd/ |
| past participle termed | /tɜːmd/ /tɜːrmd/ |
| -ing form terming | /ˈtɜːmɪŋ/ /ˈtɜːrmɪŋ/ |
- to use a particular name or word to describe somebody/something
- term somebody/something + adj. At his age, he can hardly be termed young.
- term somebody/something + noun His research focuses on what he loosely terms ‘African ceremonies’.
- term somebody/something as something Her condition would be more accurately termed as ‘chronic fatigue’.
Extra Examples- This material is variously termed ash, clinker, cinders or slag.
- The new measure is part of what is termed a Road Safety Strategy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aptly
- accurately
- broadly
- …
- as
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a limit in space or time, or (in the plural) limiting conditions): from Old French terme, from Latin terminus ‘end, boundary, limit’.Want to learn more?
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