Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to term
Participle: termed
Gerund: terming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | term |
| you | term |
| he;she;it | terms |
| we | term |
| you | term |
| they | term |
Perfect
| I | have termed |
| you | have termed |
| he;she;it | has termed |
| we | have termed |
| you | have termed |
| they | have termed |
Past
| I | termed |
| you | termed |
| he;she;it | termed |
| we | termed |
| you | termed |
| they | termed |
Pluperfect
| I | had termed |
| you | had termed |
| he;she;it | had termed |
| we | had termed |
| you | had termed |
| they | had termed |
Future
| I | will term |
| you | will term |
| he;she;it | will term |
| we | will term |
| you | will term |
| they | will term |
Future Perfect
| I | will have termed |
| you | will have termed |
| he;she;it | will have termed |
| we | will have termed |
| you | will have termed |
| they | will have termed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | term |
| you | term |
| he;she;it | term |
| we | term |
| you | term |
| they | term |
Perfect
| I | have termed |
| you | have termed |
| he;she;it | have termed |
| we | have termed |
| you | have termed |
| they | have termed |
Imperfect
| I | termed |
| you | termed |
| he;she;it | termed |
| we | termed |
| you | termed |
| they | termed |
Pluperfect
| I | had termed |
| you | had termed |
| he;she;it | had termed |
| we | had termed |
| you | had termed |
| they | had termed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would term |
| you | would term |
| he;she;it | would term |
| we | would term |
| you | would term |
| they | would term |
Perfect
| I | would have termed |
| you | would have termed |
| he;she;it | would have termed |
| we | would have termed |
| you | would have termed |
| they | would have termed |
Imperative
| you | term |
| we | Let's term |
| you | term |
Verbs conjugated like 'term'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'term'
berm,
germ,
perm,
team,
teem,
terp,
arm,
barm,
beam,
bere,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, terme "limit in time, set or appointed period," from O.Fr. terme "limit of time or place" (11c.), from L. terminus "end, boundary line," related to termen "boundary, end" (see terminus). Sense of "period of time during which something happens" first recorded c.1300, especially of a school or law court session (1454), The meaning "word or phrase used in a limited or precise sense" is first recorded c.1378, from M.L. use to render Gk. horos "boundary," employed in mathematics and logic. Meaning "completion of the period of pregnancy" is from 1844. The verb meaning "to give a particular name to" is recorded from 1560. Terms "limited conditions, stipulations" is from c.1315; meaning "standing, footing, mutual relations" is from 1543. Term-paper in U.S. educational sense is recorded from 1931.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *ter-?
5. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
6. Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥
7. Proto-Italic *termn̥
8. Proto-Indo-European *-nós
9. Proto-Italic *-nos
10. Proto-Italic *term(e)nos
11. Latin terminus
12. Old French termebor.
13. Middle English terme
14. English term
15. From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”).
16. Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.
Sample Sentences
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It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions; for it is only on taking a bird’s-eye view of it from the top of the Capitol, that one can at all comprehend the vast designs of its projector, an aspiring [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)