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/tɜːm/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to use a particular word or phrase to describe something
adlandırmak, demek, tanımlamak
Critics termed the movie a 'disaster'.1141
(Definition of term verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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