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semi

sem·i
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sem-ee, sem-ahy]
    • /ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪ/
    • /ˈsem.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sem-ee, sem-ahy]
    • /ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪ/

Definitions of semi word

  • noun semi semitrailer (def 1). 1
  • noun semi Often, semis. semifinal (def 3). 1
  • noun semi semi-detached house 1
  • prefix semi half 1
  • noun semi semi-final competition 1
  • noun semi tractor trailer 1
See all 11 definitions of semi

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Parts of speech for Semi

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Semi

semi popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

semi usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for semi

noun semi

  • big rig — (Informal) A large truck, an 18-wheeler.
  • carryall — A carryall is a large bag made of nylon, canvas, or leather, which you use to carry your clothes and other possessions, for example when you are travelling.
  • freighter — a vessel used mainly for carrying cargo.
  • lorries — a female given name, form of Laura.
  • lorry — Chiefly British. a motor truck, especially a large one.

adjective semi

  • apparently — You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard, but you are not certain that it is true.
All 8 Synonyms of semi

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Related words

  • semicircle

    Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.

  • semitrailer

    Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.

  • anti-semitism

    Anti-Semitism is hostility to and prejudice against Jewish people.

  • cemeterial

    of or relating to a cemetery or to burial.

  • cemetery

    A cemetery is a place where dead people's bodies or their ashes are buried.

  • semicolon

    the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
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