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Semester

//sɪˈmɛstə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.

    "I will graduate at the end of the spring semester."

  2. 2
    half a year; a period of 6 months wordnet
  3. 3
    A period or term of six months.
  4. 4
    one of two divisions of an academic year wordnet

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

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