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SEMESTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Half a year; a period of 6 months
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("semester" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Derivation:
semestral; semestrial (occurring every six months or during every period of six months)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of two divisions of an academic year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("semester" is a kind of...):
academic session; academic term; school term; session (the time during which a school holds classes)
Holonyms ("semester" is a part of...):
academic year; school year (the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying)
Derivation:
semestral (occurring every six months or during every period of six months)
