term of office
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3.7
- noun
- /tɜrm ʌv ˈɔfɪs/
:
mandato
- If his term of office had come to its scheduled end, he could walk away happily.
- the president's term of office
- the last term of office
- the second term of office
Cicero sneered afterwards that miraculously, that consul didn't have to sleep during his entire term of office, since he was, in effect, king for a day.
- Cicero sneered afterwards that miraculously, that consul didn't have to sleep during his entire term of office, since he was, in effect, king for a day.
Examples
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The presidential term of office was limited after Bourguiba had served as president for life.
Academic text (1998) -
The mayor's term of office is set to end next year.
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Your term of office is over.
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The term of office of the first Chief Executive shall be the same as the regular term.
Academic text (1990) -
The term of office of the Election Committee shall be five years.
Academic text (1990) -
Members of the Editorial Board will not be removed from office, given their limited functions and term of office.
Academic text (2002) -
Five months later, he was elected to another six-year term, his third elected term of office.
Academic text (2006) -
The number of Editorial Board members and their term of office will be set by the council on the recommendation of the editor.
Academic text (2002) -
The term of office for GMT Editor is 6 years, beginning July 1 of the year of selection.
Academic text (2015) -
As I write this column, my term of office is half over, but as you read it, it will be three-fourths over.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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5.8
A fixed period of time during which something happens, for example a school session or a prison sentence
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5.6
The period someone holds a job or position
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7.4
A period when a person holds an office like mayor or senator
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3.9
The time someone has worked for a company or in a job there
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'term' (a set period) with 'office' (an official post) via the linking preposition 'of', yielding 'the set period during which someone holds an official position.' This noun+of+noun compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Term of office comes from a simple picture: a fixed term, a set time, that someone sits in an office, a 'position' or 'job'. So today term of office means the fixed period when someone holds a public 'position'.