Search results
one of the periods into which a year is divided at a college or university, especially in the US and Australia: the first/second semester. the spring / fall semester. Compare. term noun (TIME) trimester. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. University & college education. academe. academia. anti-university. beadle. business school. go up.
1. : either of the two usually 18-week periods of instruction into which an academic year is often divided. 2. : a period of six months. semestral. sə-ˈme-strəl. adjective. or semestrial. sə-ˈme-strē-əl. Examples of semester in a Sentence.
noun. (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks. (in German universities) a session, lasting about six months and including periods of recess. semester.
A semester is half of a school year. In September of your first year of high school, you could describe yourself as "a first-semester freshman." The noun semester comes up often when you're in high school and college. It's an easy way to divide the school year, into two equal halves, or semesters.
SEMESTER definition: one of the two time periods that a school or college year is divided into. Learn more.
Definition of semester noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
In colleges and universities, a semester is one of two periods into which the year is divided.
( sɪˈmɛstə) n. 1. (Education) (in some universities) either of two divisions of the academic year, ranging from 15 to 18 weeks. 2. (Education) (in German universities) a session of six months. [C19: via German from Latin sēmestris half-yearly, from sex six + mensis a month] seˈmestral adj.
se•mes•ter (si mes′ tər), n. Education (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks. Education (in German universities) a session, lasting about six months and including periods of recess.
SEMESTER meaning: one of two usually 18-week periods that make up an academic year at a school or college
