1 | noun | a word or expression used for some particular thing 2 | noun | a limited period of time 3 | noun | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement 4 | noun | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial 5 | noun | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition 6 | noun | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent 7 | noun | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome 8 | verb | name formally or designate with a term (8 meanings)

t'erm (IPA: tˈɝm)

term (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1225 (High Middle ages) (800 years ago)

Old French | Latin |

written: 778th most common (1 in 8000 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 698th most common (1 in 9804 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

terms | termed | terming

condition | full term | terminal figure | terminus

referent | academic session | academic term | incumbency | prison term | school term | sentence | session | tenure | term of office | time | categorem | categoreme | major term | middle term | ... (total: 19)

word | period | period of time | time period | statement | quantity | constituent | grammatical constituent | point | point in time | statue | call | name (total: 13)

affirm | berm | confirm | firm | germ | herm | infirm | reaffirm | reconfirm | sperm | squirm | therm | worm (total: 13) (based on typical American pronunciation)

berm | germ | perm | Perm | team | teem | tern | therm (total: 8)

(none among common words)

carry to term | degree of a term | full-term | full term | half-term | long-term | long-term memory | presidential term | short-term | short-term memory | ... (total: 17)

term.com | term.net | term.org | term.info | term.biz (total: 5)

Carter had one | Contract stipulation | Course | Designation | Duration | Five to ten, e.g. | Four years for a U.S. president | Four years, for a President | Four years, maybe | Glossary entry | Glossary part | ... (total: 38) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

(???) ???-8376