Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep term

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables
keep- term
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reside during a term.

British usage; Dated

verb

To follow the course by attending the necessary lessons.

Dated

verb

To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall, at the Inns of Court, to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar.

British usage; Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

keeps term (present, singular) keeping term (participle, present) kept term (participle, past) kept term (past)

Questions

What does keep term mean?
To reside during a term.

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