.. _es-guide-reference-query-dsl-term-query:

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Term Query
==========

Matches documents that have fields that contain a term (*not analyzed*). The term query maps to Lucene **TermQuery**. The following matches documents where the user field contains the term **kimchy**:


.. code-block:: js


    {
        "term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }
    }    


A boost can also be associated with the query:


.. code-block:: js


    {
        "term" : { "user" : { "value" : "kimchy", "boost" : 2.0 } }
    }    


Or :


.. code-block:: js


    {
        "term" : { "user" : { "term" : "kimchy", "boost" : 2.0 } }
    }