Definitions for Semestersɪˈmɛs tər

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

se•mes•tersɪˈmɛs tər(n.)

an academic session constituting half of the academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
Category: Education
(in German universities) a session, lasting about six months.
Category: Education

Origin of semester:

1820–30; < G < L sēmē(n)stris of six months duration <*sex-mēnstris <sexsix+mēns(is) month

se•mes′tral-tri əl(adj.)

se•mes′tri•al-tri əl(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

semester(noun)
one of two divisions of an academic year
semester(noun)
half a year; a period of 6 months

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

semester(noun)ɪˈmɛs tər
one of the parts a college or school year is split into
Next semester I'm taking Biology.

Wiktionary

semester(Noun)
Half of a school year or academic year such as fall or spring semester.
I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.

Origin: from German Semester, from Modern Latin semestris (from sex six + mensis month).

Webster Dictionary

Semester(noun)
a period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms

Translations for Semester

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

holiday(noun)

(often in plural) a period of time when one does not have to work

The summer holidays will soon be here; We're going to Sweden for our holiday(s); I'm taking two weeks' holiday in June; (also adjective) holiday clothes.