Meaning & use

Termed

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Called or described by a particular name or expression.

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The unusual weather pattern was termed a 'polar vortex' by meteorologists.

Critics termed the film a modern classic.

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Past tense of the verb 'term,' related to the noun 'term' meaning a word or expression with a specific meaning.

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