ter
adverb
(in prescriptions) three times.
ter
1 American
[tur]
/ tɜr /
adverb
ter-
2
American
ter.
3
American
abbreviation
ter.
4
American
abbreviation
-
terrace.
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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
Example Sentences
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Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will undergo surgery on his injured hamstring on Friday, his club Girona confirmed on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 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
The company developed ice-cream bites called Magnum Bonbon, which proved wildly popular in Europe and it is planning to bring to the U.S., ter Kulve said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
“I reckon they’re the males... The females’ve got sorta sucker things on their bellies. I think they might be ter suck blood.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" 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
Nothing can be finer than the view of its course which you get from the battlements and ter- races of Amboise.
From A Little Tour in France by Henry James
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
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
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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