SEMI
\sˈɛmi], \sˈɛmi], \s_ˈɛ_m_i]\
Definitions of SEMI
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
By Oddity Software
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A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
By Noah Webster.
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A prefix denoting one-half or partly; used with words derived from Latin roots; the corresponding Greek prefix is hemi.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Half; partly; as, semiannual; semicircle.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A common prefix, signifying half; half of; in part; partially; the compounds of semi are for the most part easily understood, if the meaning of the latter part is known; a hyphen is usually placed after semi.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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in composition, universally signifies ‘half ;’ both in French and English.
By Robley Dunglison
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