Yes.
Both, really. You hear it more in the US because their school years are split into two - semester means a course of six months, so they use that word to describe those school periods. In the UK, school years are split into three and referred to as 'terms', while semester is a perfectly valid British English word, there's no common usage for it.
Semester is not a compound word.
A semester is half a year.
The word 'semester' is a noun.
Semester is a noun.
Semester is pronounced sem-est-ah
Semester: sem-es-ter
I enrolling in a social studies class next semester.
No, "semester" is not capitalized unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title.
The middle syllable is stressed: se_MEH_ster
No, they do not sound the same, though often used the same. ) I have to get a Grade of A this semester. ) I gotta get a Grade of A this semester. ^or I gotta have a grade of A this semester.
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