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   semester

   /sɪˈmɛstə/

   noun

   • 1. a half-year term in a school or university, especially in North America, typically lasting for fifteen to eighteen weeks: "the opening week of Harvard's autumn semester"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from German Semester, from Latin semestris ‘six-monthly’, from sex ‘six’ + mensis ‘month’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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