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."
Noun
half a year; a period of 6 months
Noun
one of two divisions of an academic year
n.
A period of six months; especially, a term in a college
or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
Usage Examples
After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun.
Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I have three nieces and nephews that I like to hang out with. I'm also finishing my last semester at the University of Houston, where I'm majoring in childhood education.
I spent a college semester in a small town in Italy - and that is where I truly tasted food for the first time.
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Other Usage ExamplesI teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion.
I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement.
Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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