term
/tɜɹm/ verb C2- To terminate someone's employment.
- To delete someone's account.
He/she/it terms · Past termed · Past participle termed · -ing form terming
Verb forms
- Base form
- term
- He/she/it
- terms
- Past
- termed
- Past participle
- termed
- -ing form
- terming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“In this simple way, madame,” replied Monte Cristo; “the waistcoat and the letter were both what is termed circumstantial evidence; I therefore sent them to the king’s attorney.
It didn’t say ‘horrible’: that’s not a recognized official term.
He is going to turn his house into a Badhaus, as the Germans term it.
Today is the 29th of August; the 21st of September will, therefore, be the conclusion of the term agreed on, and till that time arrives—and it is the advice of a gentleman which I am about to give you—till then we will refrain from growling and barking like two dogs chained within sight of each other.”
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