term paper

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   a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term

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Questions about term paper

What does term paper mean?

term paper means "a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term".

Is term paper a common word?

term paper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.