semester
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- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
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Definition of semester
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
“I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.”
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noun
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Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
“I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.”
- A period or term of six months.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).
Words you can make from semester
110 playable · top: ESTEEMS (9 pts)
Best play esteems 9 points7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
21 words5-letter words
30 words- EMEER 7 pts
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- TERMS 7 pts
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4-letter words
28 words- EMES 6 pts
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- TREE 4 pts
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3-letter words
17 words2-letter words
7 wordsHooks
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