Dic: say, describe or consider something in particular terms

■ If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.

• The video explains in simple terms how the new tax works...

■ in general/practical/financial etc terms: △used to show that you are describing or considering a subject in a particular way or from a particular point of view.

[in general/broad/simple etc terms]

• We explain in simple terms what the treatment involves.
• It would be wrong to describe society purely in economic terms.
• The war, although successful in military terms, left the economy in ruins.
• What do these statistics mean in human terms ?

.... COBUILD, LDOCE