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semester

noun
USsi-MES-tur/sɪˈmɛstɚ/UKsi-MES-tuh/sɪˈmɛstə/

Pluralsemesters

2 meanings of semester

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  1. 1
    school termnouncountable
    One of the two parts of the year at a college, or at a school in the US.

    My brother has five classes this semester.

    After two semesters of Spanish, she could talk with her host family.

    UsagePeople often say the fall semester or my first semester. Say in the fall semester, but just this semester.

    Similarterm

  2. 2
    six monthsnounrarecountable
    A length of time of six months, half of a year.

    UsagePeople think of school first, so six months or the first half of the year is clearer.

    Similarhalf-year

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Origin

From German, from a Latin word meaning “lasting six months”.