semester
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tər noun
1.
(in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
2.
(in German universities) a session, lasting about six months and including periods of recess.
Origin:
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)
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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| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C19: via German from Latin sēmestris half-yearly, from sex six + mensis a month] | |
| se'mestral | |
| —adj | |
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semester
1827, from Ger. Semester, from L. semestris, in cursus semestris "course of six months," from semestris "of six months," from sex "six" + mensis "month."
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Example sentences
These late-night eating rituals were a regular part of my week-and social schedule-until the end of the first semester.
Mo, would be on academic probation for the fall semester.
There is a two-day career-planning seminar in the first-year fall semester.
Parents have long had the option of prepaying for students' lunches on a semester basis.
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