Name vs. Term
Namenoun
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Namenoun
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Namenoun
A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
Namenoun
Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
Namenoun
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
Namenoun
A person, an individual.
Nameverb
To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Nameverb
To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
Nameverb
To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding; to name someone as ambassador.
Nameverb
To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Namenoun
a language unit by which a person or thing is known;
Namenoun
by the sanction or authority of;
Namenoun
a person's reputation;
Namenoun
a well-known or notable person;
Namenoun
family based on male descent;
Namenoun
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase;
Nameverb
assign a specified, proper name to;
Nameverb
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;
Nameverb
charge with a function; charge to be;
Nameverb
create and charge with a task or function;
Nameverb
mention and identify by name;
Nameverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Nameverb
make reference to;
Nameverb
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
Nameverb
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Namenoun
a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to
Namenoun
a famous person
Namenoun
a reputation, especially a good one
Namenoun
(in the UK) an insurance underwriter belonging to a Lloyd's syndicate.
Nameverb
give a name to
Nameverb
identify correctly by name
Nameverb
give a particular title or epithet to
Nameverb
mention by name
Nameverb
appoint (someone) to a particular position or task
Nameverb
(of the Speaker) mention (a Member of Parliament) by name as disobedient to the chair and thereby subject to a ban from the House.
Nameverb
specify (a sum, time, or place) as something desired, suggested, or decided on
Nameadjective
(of a person or product) having a well-known name
Name
A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context.
Termnoun
Limitation, restriction or regulation. en
Termnoun
Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
Termnoun
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Termnoun
A point, line, or superficies that limits.
Termnoun
A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
Termnoun
Relations among people.
Termnoun
Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
Termnoun
Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
Termnoun
(of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
Termnoun
(archaic) A menstrual period.
Termnoun
(mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
Termnoun
(logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
Termnoun
(astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
Termnoun
(architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.
Termnoun
(nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Termnoun
terminal computer program that emulates a physical terminal
Termnoun
One whose employment has been terminated
Termverb
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
Termverb
(ambitransitive) To terminate one's employment
Termadjective
Born or delivered at term.
Termnoun
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Termnoun
The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
Termnoun
In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
Termnoun
A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
Termnoun
A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration
Termnoun
The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
Termnoun
A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.
Termnoun
A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; - called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Termnoun
A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
Termnoun
The menses.
Termnoun
Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
Termnoun
In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
Termnoun
A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Termverb
To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Termnoun
a word or expression used for some particular thing;
Termnoun
a limited period of time;
Termnoun
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;
Termnoun
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial;
Termnoun
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition;
Termnoun
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent;
Termnoun
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
Termverb
name formally or designate with a term
