terms

/ (tɜːmz) /

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pl n

(usually specified prenominally) the actual language or mode of presentation usedhe described the project in loose terms

conditions of an agreementyou work here on our terms

a sum of money paid for a service or credit; charges

(usually preceded by on) mutual relationship or standingthey are on affectionate terms

in terms of as expressed by; regardingin terms of money he was no better off

come to terms to reach acceptance or agreementto come to terms with one's failings

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Which form is used to state an obligation or duty someone has?

shall

should

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How to use terms in a sentence

Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I was a journalist in New York City for the last of his three gubernatorial terms, a little more.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yet to hear one of the victims so publicly rejecting the kinds of terms used in the past was inspiring.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Newsroom aired its final episode on Sunday, already an eternity ago in news-cycle terms.
A Few Great Men Too Many: Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Think You Can Handle the Truth|Arthur Chu|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Modification in its terms growing in part out of these new conditions will subsequently be required from time to time.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The society newspapers for the week alluded to the matter in veiled, but unmistakable terms.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
It happened that I didn't stay around those police posts long enough to get familiar with the technical terms for everything.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

Other Idioms and Phrases with terms

terms

see bring to terms; come to terms with; contradiction in terms; in no uncertain terms; in terms of; on good terms; on speaking terms.

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