ter
adverb
(in prescriptions) three times.
ter
1 American
[tur]
/ tɜr /
adverb
ter-
2
American
ter.
3
American
abbreviation
ter.
4
American
abbreviation
-
terrace.
-
territorial.
-
territory.
ter-
British
combining form
Etymology
Origin of ter1
From Latin
Origin of ter-2
< Latin, combining form of ter; akin to trēs three
Origin of ter.3
From the Latin word tere
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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick confirmed Tuesday reports that veteran goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will join neighbours Girona on loan.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
“We have example sentences that can help the deepfake therapist stress that,” says ter Heide.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
On Sunday, Magnum's chief executive Peter ter Kulve told the Financial Times the Ben & Jerry's founders were in their seventies and "at a certain moment they need to hand over to a new generation".
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
“I’m actually aligned with Kennedy that something really needs to happen on food in America,” Peter ter Kulve said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
“He’s got no power ter overrule the Committee. He told ’em Buckbeak’s all right, but they’re scared....
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
I give him another answer, because it is equally true but can be taken as a brief moment of weakness instead of a ter- minal one.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
There are places that reminded me of some of those quiet, mildewed corners of courts and ter- races, into which the traveller who wanders through the Vatican looks down from neglected windows.
From A Little Tour in France by Henry James
It is his conviction that Alfieri, at Florence, bored the Countess of Albany ter- ribly; and he adds that the famous Gallophobe died of jealousy of the little painter from Montpellier.
From A Little Tour in France by Henry James
The passive participle is formed by prefixing to the verb the inseparable particle ter-; as ter-pukul, struck; ter-tulis, written.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
Junior and I are going to tackle our corn ter- morrow, and says I to myself, 'If ourn is ready to cut, so is neighbor Durham's,' The sooner it's cut after it's ready, the better.
From Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe
Sum- Aut- Number of the it- va- of the ter. mer. umn. years of the tude tion.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
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