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PRISON TERM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

Example:

he is doing time in the county jail

Synonyms:

prison term; sentence; time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("prison term" is a kind of...):

term (a limited period of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prison term"):

hard time (a term served in a maximum security prison)

life; life sentence (a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives)

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