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semi
1[ sem-ee, sem-ahy ]
semi-
2- a combining form borrowed from Latin, meaning “half,” freely prefixed to English words of any origin, now sometimes with the senses “partially,” “incompletely,” “somewhat”:
semiautomatic; semidetached; semimonthly; semisophisticated.
semi
1/ ˈsɛmɪ /
semi–
- A prefix that means “half,” (as in semicircle, half a circle) or “partly, somewhat, less than fully,” (as in semiconscious, partly conscious).
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Example Sentences
Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
For the next hour and half I was the willing sex slave of a semi-professional Master I had met through a friend.
After curing the elderly of their semi-suicidal depression, winning the White House must seem like a snap.
Our troops have done all that flesh and blood can do against semi-permanent works, and they are not able to carry them.
The stop-keys will be seen arranged in an inclined semi-circle overhanging and just above the keyboards.
There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.
There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.
The brilliant light of a policeman's torch sliced through the semi-darkness and spotted him.
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