term

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US /tɜːrm/UK /tɜːm/

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NOUNThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus., A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan., Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract., Specifically, the conditions in a legal contract that specify the price and also how and when payment must be made., A point, line, or superficies that limits., A word or phrase (e.g., noun phrase, verb phrase, open compound), especially one from a specialised area of knowledge; a name for a concept., Relations among people., Part of a year, especially one of the divisions of an academic year., Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length. The time during which legal courts are open., Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length. Certain days on which rent is paid., Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length., With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception)., The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force., A menstrual period., Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table., The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice., An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart., A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal., A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail., A computer program that emulates a physical terminal., One whose employment has been terminated

VERBTo phrase a certain way; to name or call., To terminate one's employment

ADJBorn or delivered at term.

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terms: Third Person Singular, Plural
terming: Present Participle
termed: Past Participle, Past Tense

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Sir Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of DeepMind, has predicted in the next five to ten years, while Anthropic founder Dario Amodei wrote last year that his preferred term - "powerful AI" - could be with us as early as 2026.
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In a Volatile Term, a Fractured Supreme Court Remade America
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For all the talk of a more disciplined operation this time around, shouting matches in the West Wing speak to the rifts and rivalries that mark the second term.
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The Renaissance(文艺复兴) has a long and complex historiography(史学), and in line with general skepticism(怀疑) of discrete(离散) periodizations(分期), there has been much debate among historians reacting to the 19th-century glorification(颂扬) of the "Renaissance(文艺复兴)" and individual cultural heroes as "Renaissance(文艺复兴) men", questioning the usefulness(用处) of Renaissance as a term and as a historical delineation(划定).[
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4] The term capital equipment is often used interchangeably with capital goods, and refers especially to significant, durable items—such as machinery, vehicles, or laboratory instruments—used by organizations to produce goods or deliver services.
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