Semester

[sɪ'mestə] or [səˈmɛstɚ]

(noun.) half a year; a period of 6 months.

(noun.) one of two divisions of an academic year.

Checked by Harriet--From WordNet

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

Typed by Ina

n. one of the half-year courses in German universities.—adj. Semes′tral.

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