One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year.
[German, from Latin (cursus) sēmēstris, (cursus) sēmēnstris, (course) of six months : sē-, six (from sex) + mēnsis, month.]
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One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year.
[German, from Latin (cursus) sēmēstris, (cursus) sēmēnstris, (course) of six months : sē-, six (from sex) + mēnsis, month.]
Instead, we are taking life's course for credit and there are no summers off - not even semester breaks.
— Neal Maxwell, Source: Commencement, Ricks College, April 2000, by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Used by permission.
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
one of two divisions of an academic year
Meaning #2:
half a year; a period of 6 months
Dansk (Danish)
n. - semester, halvår
Français (French)
n. - semestre
Deutsch (German)
n. - Semester
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξάμηνο, εκπαιδευτική περίοδος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - semestre (m)
Русский (Russian)
семестр, полугодие
Español (Spanish)
n. - semestre
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
半学年, 一学期
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 半學年, 一學期
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ألفصل, نصف سنه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מחצית שנת לימודים, סמסטר
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