Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- /-aɪ/
- /ˈsem.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- /-aɪ/
Definitions of semi- word
- prefix semi- Semi- combines with adjectives and nouns to form other adjectives and nouns that describe someone or something as being partly, but not completely, in a particular state. 0
- prefix semi- half 0
- prefix semi- partially, partly, not completely, or almost 0
- prefix semi- occurring twice in a specified period of time 0
- noun semi- partly, not fully, imperfectly 0
- noun semi- twice in a (specified period) 0
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Parts of speech for Semi-
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
semi- popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for semi-
adjective semi-
- apparently — You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard, but you are not certain that it is true.
- half — one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.
- quasi — resembling; seeming; virtual: a quasi member.
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