in terms of en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Compare similar constructions with French en termes de and Italian in termini di.
Meanings
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[Of one variable or unit of measurement which has a known relationship to another] Using equivalent expressions that use one variable in place of expressions involving the other.
If x=2y then 5x can be expressed in terms of y as 10y.
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In relation to a particular aspect; with respect to; as regards; concerning; regarding.
The fact is, "dad" is a designation you could assign – at least in terms of age – to many of Hollywood's biggest male actors.
2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:She has no idea how she wants the house to look in terms of décor.
I switched to a different bank for better customer service, but there was little difference in terms of interest rates.
This is closely connected to “resource injustice”, i.e. the unilateral burden of learning the shared language in terms of time, energy and money[…].
2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “What is a lingua franca?” (chapter 2), in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 11:
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As an approach or way of proceeding.
We had been thinking in terms of purchasing those notes on the market, since they were selling at a discount.
1947, Committee on Banking and Currency, quoting Roy White, Proposed Extension of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Apr. 10-May 23, 1947, page 143:Various groups throughout the country are thinking in terms of having a counter-demonstration in re the Fundamentalists' March to Return Morality to America.
1979 December 29, Vern Hall-Smith, “Fundamentalists March”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 5:
Synonyms
apropos (in relation to) · as for
Translations (26)
ru в пла́не (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ar بِخُصُوص (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · fr en termes de (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ru в отноше́нии (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · it in termini di (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ru насчёт (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · nl betreffende (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · zh 就...而言 (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ar مِن نَاحِيَة (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · de in Hinsicht auf (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · hu vonatkozásában (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · fi suhteen (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · de in Bezug auf (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · nl wat betreft (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ar فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِـ (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · de bezüglich (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · cs co do (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · de hinsichtlich (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ar مِن حَيْثُ (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · de unter dem Aspekt (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · ru с то́чки зре́ния (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · pl pod względem (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · arz من حيث (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · de aus Gründen (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · arz من ناحية (In relation to, concerning, regarding) · arz بخصوص (In relation to, concerning, regarding)