semester
noun
(in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
semesters
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pluralof semester.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For two semesters, I dressed up to teach from my living room laptop, receiving excellent evaluations.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Instead of taking on summer internships or job-shadowing opportunities between semesters, he worked a retail gig to pay for college.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
At that point he was studying remotely having left Harvard after three semesters to join the Philadelphia Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s a habit of creating and destroying that she formed as a student at Claremont High School, where she studied the craft for two semesters, yet fired zero pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
I’ve already finished 6 semesters of high school Spanish online.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
