Definitions for semester

semester se·mes·ter

Spelling: [si-mes-ter]
IPA: /sɪˈmɛs tər/

Semester is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in semester (eeemrsst).

Definitions for semester

noun

  1. (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
  2. (in German universities) a session, lasting about six months and including periods of recess.

Origin of semester

1820-30; German Latin sēmē(n)stris of six months duration *sex-mēnstris, equivalent to sex six + mēns(is) month + -tris adj. suffix (perhaps representing an earlier *m

Examples for semester

But we had so many new girls this semester that I could not get around sooner.

The trick, in any case, was repeated semester after semester.

The students of the present semester number fifteen hundred.

During his spring semester at Duke University, senior Lewis McLeod was expelled for committing a sexual assault.

I had been studying abroad in London, and came back to finish the semester at Tufts.

One semester in this subject was usually considered sufficient.

I had other uses for the semester twenty marks, unless he absolutely needed them.

The exposure my client would have had in criminal court doesn't compare to a second semester senior getting expelled.

According to his suit, Carleton would rotate four new boys into his home every semester.

There were enough paintings there to last till the end of the semester.

Word Value for semester
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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