terming
SayTURM-ingUS/ˈtɝmɪŋ/UK/ˈtɜːmɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of term.
Analysts are terming the merger the deal of the decade.
Terming the discovery a breakthrough, the committee awarded the prize.
Note
One -ing form does double duty here, as participle and as gerund, and it carries every verb meaning behind it. Most often it labels: terming the merger a coup takes an object followed directly by its new name. In informal use it can also mean firing someone or deleting their account, so "they're terming him" may signal dismissal rather than description.
terming is a form of term
term, verb: To name or describe something using a particular word or phrase. Full entry
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- term → terming: add -ing
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