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term

noun

1 noun LING word, phrasetéarma masc4 c m umedical term téarma leighistechnical term téarma teicniúil 2 noun ED academic periodtéarma masc4 c m usummer term téarma an tsamhraidh

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3 noun MEAS , POL , LAW period of tenuretéarma masc4 c m utréimhse fem4 c m uhis first term as Taoiseach a chéad tréimhse mar Thaoiseachterm of office téarma oifige c m u, tréimhse oifige c m u 4 (also jail term, prison term) noun MEAS , LAW imprisonment periodtéarma masc4 c m utréimhse fem4 c m uterm of imprisonment téarma príosúnachta, tréimhse phríosúnachta 5 noun FIN , LAW duration of investment, contracttéarma masc4 c m u 6 noun limit, endcríoch fem2 c m udeireadh masc1 c m uto bring sth to term rud a thabhairt chun crícheto put a term to sth deireadh a chur le rudterm loan iasacht théarmach 7 (also full term) noun MED of pregnancydeireadh toirchis c m uto carry a child to term leanbh a iompar go deireadh an toirchisat term ag deireadh an toirchisa term baby babaí lánaibí 8 noun MATH in calculationtéarma masc4 c m u 9 noun LING of prepositiontéarma masc4 c m u

verb

10 verb describe as TRANSITIVEtabhair ar PhrV c m uthis age group is usually termed teenagers déagóirí a thugtar ar an aoisghrúpa seo de ghnáth

phrases

on bad terms (with sb)

(also

on poor terms (with sb)

) they ended up on bad terms ní raibh siad ag réiteach le chéile ar deireadh, thit siad amach le chéile sa deireadhwe were on bad terms with the neighbours bhíomar féin agus na comharsana in achrann le chéile, ní rabhamar féin agus na comharsana ag tarraingt le chéile, bhíomar féin agus na comharsana in árach a chéile

to be on equal terms with sb

(also

to be on the same terms as sb

) bheith ar comhchéim le duinebheith bonn ar aon le duinebheith mar a chéile le duine

to be on good terms with sb

(also

to be on friendly terms with sb

) bheith mór le duineréiteach go maith le duinetarraingt go maith le duine

on sb's own terms

(also

on sb's terms

) 1 in the way that sb wantsmar is mian leat féinar do chomhairle féinthey want to do this on their own terms is mian leo é seo a dhéanamh ar a gcomhairle féin 2 in own righti do cháil féinit's a great painting on its own terms is pictiúr iontach é ina cháil féin

to come to terms

teacht chun réitighteacht ar shocrúthe two sides have yet to come to terms níor tháinig an dá thaobh chun réitigh le chéile fós

to come to terms with sth

do thoil a chur le ruddéileáil le rudglacadh le rudhe hasn't come to terms with her death yet níl sé in ann déileáil lena bás fósshe came to terms with her disappointment chuir sí a díomá taobh thiar di

term

on bad terms (with sb)

on poor terms (with sb)

to be on equal terms with sb

to be on the same terms as sb

to be on good terms with sb

to be on friendly terms with sb

on sb's own terms

on sb's terms

to come to terms

to come to terms with sth

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