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- [si-mes-ter]
- /sɪˈmɛs tər/
- /sɪˈmes.tər/
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- [si-mes-ter]
- /sɪˈmɛs tər/
Definitions of semester word
- noun semester (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks. 1
- noun semester (in German universities) a session, lasting about six months and including periods of recess. 1
- noun semester 6 months 1
- noun semester 1/2 academic year 1
- countable noun semester In colleges and universities in some countries, a semester is one of the two main periods into which the year is divided. 0
- noun semester (in some universities) either of two divisions of the academic year, ranging from 15 to 18 weeks 0
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Origin of semester
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
1820-30; < German < Latin sēmē(n)stris of six months duration < *sex-mēnstris, equivalent to sex six + mēns(is) month + -tris adj. suffix (perhaps representing an earlier *mens(i)-teros)
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Parts of speech for Semester
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
semester popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
semester usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for semester
noun semester
- farthing — a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
- fourth — next after the third; being the ordinal number for four.
- hexad — the number six.
- hexagon — a polygon having six angles and six sides.
- hexagram — a six-pointed starlike figure formed of two equilateral triangles placed concentrically with each side of a triangle parallel to a side of the other and on opposite sides of the center.
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