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

Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Sem Verbeek says his "heart is bleeding" over a change in format at the US Open that means he and partner Katerina Siniakova will be unable to play there together.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

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

He summoned for the morrow those in whom he had most reliance: the high priest Sem, the prophet Pentuer, his favorite Tutmosis, and the Phœnician Hiram.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander