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semester

(sɪmestəʳ)
Word forms: plural semesters
countable noun
In colleges and universities in some countries, a semester is one of the two main periods into which the year is divided.

semester in British English

(sɪˈmɛstə)
noun
1. 
(in some universities) either of two divisions of the academic year, ranging from 15 to 18 weeks
2. 
(in German universities) a session of six months
Derived forms
semestral (seˈmestral)
adjective
Word origin
C19: via German from Latin sēmestris half-yearly, from sex six + mensis a month

semester in American English

(səˈmɛstər)
noun
1. 
a six-month period; half year
2. 
either of the two terms, of about eighteen weeks each, which usually make up a school or college year
Derived forms
semestral (seˈmestral) (səˈmɛstrəl)
adjective
Word origin
Ger < L (cursus) semestris, half-yearly (period) < sex, six + mensis, month

Examples of 'semester' in a sentence
semester

BUT Quentin spent one semester in school and got promptly thrown out.
Shell, Ray ICED (2003)
Every semester Deirdre loads up a different batch of it and drags it all the way from Chicago here.
Delman, David DEATH OF A NYMPH (2003)
He could cancel that, but he had a series of vital commitments ahead in the closing weeks of the semester.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2003)
She walked along Frederick Road and ended up at the community college, where she took home course information for the fall semester.
Laura Lippman EVERY SECRET THING (2003)

In other languages
semester

British English: semester /sɪˈmɛstə/ NOUN
In colleges and universities, a semester is one of two periods into which the year is divided.
...an academic semester.
  • American English: semester
  • Arabic: فَصْلٌ دِراسِيّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: semestre
  • Chinese: 学期
  • Croatian: semestar
  • Czech: semestr
  • Danish: semester
  • Dutch: semester
  • European Spanish: semestre
  • Finnish: yliopiston lukukausi
  • French: semestre
  • German: Semester
  • Greek: εξάμηνο
  • Italian: semestre
  • Japanese: 二学期制度の一学期
  • Korean: 학기
  • Norwegian: semester
  • Polish: semestr
  • European Portuguese: semestre
  • Romanian: semestru
  • Russian: семестр
  • Latin American Spanish: semestre
  • Swedish: termin
  • Thai: เทอม
  • Turkish: sömestr
  • Ukrainian: семестр
  • Vietnamese: học kỳ

Chinese translation of 'semester'

semester

(sɪˈmɛstəʳ) (esp US)

n (c)

  1. 学(學)期 (xuéqī) (个(個), gè)
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