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term-limit

term-limit verb: to remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.

Verb

term-limit (third-person singular simple present term-limits, present participle term-limiting, simple past and past participle term-limited)

  1. (informal, transitive) To remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.
    • Should we start being sad that he is being term-limited out of office at the end of the year?2010 September, Ray Hartmann, "They Started the Revolution Without Us", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 69
    • Ms. Spanberger, 44, is seen as among the strongest Democratic contenders to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who is term-limited.2023 November 13, Luke Broadwater, “Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play”, in The New York Times

Forms of term-limit

third-person singular presentterm-limits
present participleterm-limiting
past participleterm-limited
pastterm-limited
alternative formterm limit

Questions about term-limit

What does term-limit mean?
Term-limit means to remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.
What part of speech is term-limit?
Term-limit is a verb.
What is the past tense of term-limit?
The past tense of term-limit is term-limited.

Words near term-limit in the dictionary

  1. term phrase
  2. term sheet
  3. term sheets
  4. term time
  5. term times
  6. term-limit
  7. term-limited
  8. term-limiting
  9. term-limits
  10. term-time
  11. term-times

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