term paper
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3.2
- noun
- /tɜrm ˈpeɪpər/
- US
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- I'm so far behind, I haven't even picked out a theme for my English Lit term paper.
- write a term paper
- term paper assignment
- students and their term papers
You know, I'm a professor, and when we assign a term paper project, what do some students do?
- You know, I'm a professor, and when we assign a term paper project, what do some students do?
- So great I got a better grade on my junior term paper.
- Where in school do you get that's when you have to write a term paper maybe.
- So what is it going to look like to figure out if students have actually written their term papers or it's chat, ChatGPT.
- multiple resumes, term papers, cover letters, all of that stuff. And she hustled man. Like she like she would wake up before my brother and I,
Examples
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You can do the term paper on Hemingway, if you like.
Fiction book (1998) -
I have two term papers to make up.
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Well, last term I took a class about feelings and I wrote my term paper on quality.
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Can I do a film instead of a term paper?
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Sounds like a high school term paper.
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Go finish your term paper.
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I'm writing a term paper on you.
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Numerous high school seniors nationwide are required to write a term paper in order to graduate.
Academic text (1992) -
I switched the subject of my art history term paper from 19th-century portrait photography to 19th-century death photography.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many students spend weeks researching and writing their term paper to achieve a good grade.
Synonyms
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2.8
A written report that gives research results
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2.8
A short piece of writing that gives a writer's view on a subject
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3.5
A short school essay on a particular topic
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A task to write about a topic, usually for a class
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'term' (an academic period) + 'paper' (a written essay) naturally yields an essay associated with a course term, typically assigned at the end of the term. This noun–noun compound follows a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern in academic contexts, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Term paper comes from two simple words: term meaning the school period and paper meaning a written essay, so it is a paper that sums up your work during the 'term'. That's why a term paper means a long essay a student writes at the end of a course to show what they have learned.