Semester

Noun

 * 1) Half of a school year 🇺🇸 or academic year such as fall or spring semester.
 * I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.

Thesaurus
abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, fiscal year, fortnight, hour, leap year, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, quarter, quinquennium, regular year, second, session, sidereal year, solar year, sun, term, trimester, twelvemonth, week, weekday, year

Etymology
from German Semester < Modern Latin semestris (from sex six + mensis month).

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Noun

 * 1) Vacation, especially from work.
 * Nästan alla här går på semester under sensommaren.
 * "Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer."
 * 1) Activity related to vacationing, especially in compound terms.
 * Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.
 * "I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues."
 * 1) Relief from a taxing situation.
 * Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.
 * "We need to take a break from each other."

Etymology
From semestris:; sex: + mensis:. See also German Semester:.

Compounds

 * semesterdag
 * semesterresa
 * semesterby
 * semesterersättning
 * semesterfirare
 * semesterresa
 * semestertid
 * semestervikarie
 * industrisemester

Derived terms

 * semestra