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"semi-" means "half". By adding the prefix "semi-" to the root word you are indicating that it is in some way halved.

A semicircle is half of a circle.

semi-freddo means half frozen.

A semi-final has two winning teams, one of which is declared the single winner in the final (1/2).

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