"define a term" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in any context where you wish to ask someone to explain the meaning of a certain term or concept. For example, "Can you please define the term 'referendum'?".
The proposal would define a term as either one four-year sequence or two two-year sequences.
A separate ballot measure sponsored by the council, Question C, would define a term as two years or more.
A Council official said the bill would define a term as either one four-year term, or two two-year terms.
Language, according to Derrida, does not express thoughts of a speaking subject and does not refer to objects; rather, in order to define a term or designate an entity, it is important to explore how it appears in the text and how it relates to other designated entities in it.
It will be convenient to define a term for this situation.
You can define a term by means of a correct description, but that does not constitute an analysis.
Kagan drilled the lawyer defending Doma, Paul Clement, about his assertion that homosexuals were not being discriminated against, rather that Doma was just the kindly force of government defining a term ("marriage") so that everyone understands exactly what it is.
The amendment, which defines a "term" as both a full four years or any portion of that time, may also apply to Navarro, who was first elected to the council in 2009.
Samuel Johnson, after completing his dictionary in the 1700s, was challenged by a lady who caught him improperly defining a term.
In defining a term, it is often useful to think about its opposite.
Does defining a term like change help us think about our own contribution to what we think about Obama?
