Sem

¹ American  

[sem] / sɛm /

noun

Douay Bible.

1. Shem.

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Sem ² American  

Or Sem.

abbreviation

1. Seminary.

2. Semitic.

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SEM ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Optics. scanning electron microscope

2. Digital Technology. search-engine marketing: a type of online marketing in which a company, organization, or website owner drives traffic to a website by optimizing its ranking or by paying for the website to appear in search-engine results pages.

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sem. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. semicolon.

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Example Sentences

Although the festival has been held in its current form since 2022, it would have been sooner had it not been for the Covid pandemic, according to Sem Vine, one of the organisers.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

Roby is projected as a mid-rotation starter who along with the acquisitions of Sem Robberse and Adam Klofenstein from Toronto help replenish a dearth of starting pitching in the farm system.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Toronto sent minor league right-handers Adam Kloffenstein and Sem Robberse to St. Louis for the 26-year-old Hicks.

From Washington Times • Jul. 30, 2023

“We advanced a little more on our flank,” said a drone operator in the Adam Tactical Group, who asked to be identified only by his nickname, Sem.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

But the I.N.C. had now resolved to take no risks; they entered into negotiations with Sem Benelli, a well-known poet of the school which some critics call enlivening and other critics call inflammatory.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Baerlein, Henry