term

v. name, call, designate, call by a specific term, apply a term to; nickname; denominate, baptize

n. word; expression, idiom; semester; specified time period; condition, stipulation (e.g. the terms of an agreement)

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Noun
1. a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
(hypernym) word
(hyponym) referent
2. a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) prison term, sentence, time
(part-meronym) midterm
3. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
(synonym) condition
(hypernym) statement
(part-holonym) agreement, understanding
(classification) plural, plural form
4. any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
(hypernym) quantity
5. one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
(hypernym) constituent, grammatical constituent
(hyponym) subject
(part-holonym) proposition
6. the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
(synonym) full term
(hypernym) point, point in time
(part-holonym) gestation, gestation period
7. (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
(synonym) terminus, terminal figure
(hypernym) statue
(classification) architecture

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Verb
1. name formally or designate with a term
(hypernym) name, call

nm. term, word; expression, idiom

n. term