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Definition of semester in English:

semester

noun sɪˈmɛstəsəˈmɛstər
  • A half-year term in a school or university, especially in North America, typically lasting for fifteen to eighteen weeks.

    the opening week of Harvard's autumn semester
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would provide an opportunity for students to fit another class between semesters.
    • He graduated before me, and when I went to visit him between his law school semesters I returned with my first tattoo.
    • If possible, students can make school changes between semesters or at the end of the school year.
    • Ms Ardagh has spent the past semester at the school as a specialist art teacher.
    • Subsequently David took two single courses in different semesters at the University of Toronto.
    • My grade book used to be the last thing I looked at when I wrote a reference letter, now it is all I know about a student from two or three semesters ago.
    • Five courses are tackled each 14-week semester and there are two semesters each year.
    • In his first semester at the university, which was in the year 1857, he was taught by Weierstrass.
    • Each patient has three scenarios a semester for four semesters over a two-year period.
    • Most students take one class per semester; Purdue offers three semesters per year.
    • After several semesters of college work, the skills development in Navajo and English often becomes coordinated.
    • I envision a course where professors hand out programs written by other students in previous semesters.
    • I also went to music school for two trimesters in between semesters in college.
    • The final two semesters involve a half-time internship placement and an ongoing professional seminar.
    • Fiver was an outcast all through school, and he dropped out of the University of Nevada after a semester.
    • Students alternate between semesters, spending some of the academic semesters on campus and some in the work industry.
    • All of the New Orleans universities' semesters are cancelled, so those students are trying to enroll in colleges up here as well.
    • Mahmud, who studied at Al Wasliyah University - albeit for two semesters - does not like to dwell on his disability.
    • The primary mode of communication among students and instructors for both semesters was the university's email system.
    • University officials want to eventually offer all eight semesters of instruction in the school's academy.
    Synonyms
    academic year, school year

Origin

Early 19th century: from German Semester, from Latin semestris 'six-monthly', from sex 'six' + mensis 'month'.

Rhymes

arrester, Avesta, Chester, contester, ester, Esther, fester, fiesta, Hester, investor, jester, Leicester, Lester, molester, Nestor, pester, polyester, protester, quester, sequester, siesta, sou'wester, suggester, tester, trimester, vesta, zester
 
 

Definition of semester in US English:

semester

nounsəˈmɛstərsəˈmestər
  • A half-year term in a school or college, typically lasting fifteen to eighteen weeks.

    the opening week of Harvard's autumn semester
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also went to music school for two trimesters in between semesters in college.
    • Mahmud, who studied at Al Wasliyah University - albeit for two semesters - does not like to dwell on his disability.
    • I envision a course where professors hand out programs written by other students in previous semesters.
    • All of the New Orleans universities' semesters are cancelled, so those students are trying to enroll in colleges up here as well.
    • Students alternate between semesters, spending some of the academic semesters on campus and some in the work industry.
    • The primary mode of communication among students and instructors for both semesters was the university's email system.
    • University officials want to eventually offer all eight semesters of instruction in the school's academy.
    • He graduated before me, and when I went to visit him between his law school semesters I returned with my first tattoo.
    • The final two semesters involve a half-time internship placement and an ongoing professional seminar.
    • Each patient has three scenarios a semester for four semesters over a two-year period.
    • Ms Ardagh has spent the past semester at the school as a specialist art teacher.
    • After several semesters of college work, the skills development in Navajo and English often becomes coordinated.
    • It would provide an opportunity for students to fit another class between semesters.
    • In his first semester at the university, which was in the year 1857, he was taught by Weierstrass.
    • Fiver was an outcast all through school, and he dropped out of the University of Nevada after a semester.
    • Most students take one class per semester; Purdue offers three semesters per year.
    • If possible, students can make school changes between semesters or at the end of the school year.
    • Subsequently David took two single courses in different semesters at the University of Toronto.
    • My grade book used to be the last thing I looked at when I wrote a reference letter, now it is all I know about a student from two or three semesters ago.
    • Five courses are tackled each 14-week semester and there are two semesters each year.
    Synonyms
    academic year, school year

Origin

Early 19th century: from German Semester, from Latin semestris ‘six-monthly’, from sex ‘six’ + mensis ‘month’.

 
 
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