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Definition: SEMI- |
SEMI-1. A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Semi /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ 1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is `;;*', not 1/4 of a star. 2. A prefix used with words such as `immediately' as a qualifier. "When is the system coming up?" "Semi-immediately." (That is, maybe not for an hour.) "We did consider that possibility semi-seriously." See also infinite. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
bisection | Adjective: bisected; Verb: cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular; semi-, demi-, hemi. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SEMI- |
| Etymologies containing "SEMI-": semibreve, Semiditone, Semiped, semitone. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SEMI-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (hemi-), French (semi-), Italian (quasi-, semi-), Latin (half, semi-), Portuguese (semi-), Romanian (half-, semi-), Serbo-Croatian (semi-), Spanish (semi-), Swedish (semi-). |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The U.S. has not had a strong presence in this market since its companies generally have supplied raw materials and semi- processed flooring materials. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SEMI-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 53.85% of the time. "SEMI-" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 53.85% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 38.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SEMI-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gjysmë- (hemi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شبه جزئيا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | полу- (demi-, half-, hemi-, quasi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 半 (aim, ample, and a half, extensive, half, incomplete, obtain, plentiful, rich, to gamble, to get, to win). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | semi-, demi-, demi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | halb- (demi, semi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μισο-, ημι-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | félig (half, parcel), fél- (hemi-, semi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | semi- (quasi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 准 (associate, quasi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅ" (10-day period, aim, apply correspondingly, associate, be proportionate to, chaste, conform to, correspond to, excellence, genius, innocent, level, order, pure, quasi, quasi-, rule, semi, standard, turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 반 (Halves, semi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lieh- (demi-, half-, prefix demi-, quasi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emi-say semi-, meio- (midday). (various references) semi- (half-). (various references) полу- (hemi-). (various references) semi-. (various references) semi-, medio- (mid-). (various references) semi-, halv- (half). (various references) yarım (half, hemi-, mezzo-), yarı (half, hemi-, meta-, moiety, part-, quasi, quasi-). (various references) напів- (quasi-), пів- (hemi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | semi-. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "SEMI-" (pronounced 'Sem"i-'): Pari-. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mise, semi. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-s" | |
-1 letter: ems, ism, mis, sei, sim. | |
-2 letters: em, es, is, me, mi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-s" | |
+1 letter: amies, deism, dimes, disme, emirs, emits, items, limes, mesic, metis, miens, mikes, miles, mimes, mines, mires, miser, mises, mites, mixes, rimes, seism, semis, slime, smile, smite, stime, times. | |
+2 letters: ageism, aimers, amices, amides, amines, animes, armies, bedims, bemist, biomes, camise, cesium, chimes, climes, crimes, deisms, demies, demise, demits, denims, dermis, desmid, dimers, dismes, egoism, elemis, emails, emesis, eonism, fermis, gimels, gimmes, glimes, grimes, hemins, images, imbeds, imbues, imides, imines, immesh, immies, impels, impose, inmesh, inseam, isomer, kelims, kermis, kismet, limens, limeys, mailes, maizes, mamies, mashie, mavies, medias, medics, medius, merits, mesial, mesian, miches, midges, milers, milles, mimeos, mimers, minces, miners, minkes, minxes, mioses, misate, miscue, miseat, misers, misery, misled, mislie, mismet, mispen, missed, missel, misses, misset, misted, mister, misuse, miters, mitres, mixers, mizens, moires, molies, monies, movies, moxies, muesli, muskie, oximes, primes, ramies, remise, remiss, remits, rimers, rimose, samiel, samite, seisms, semina, sexism, simile, simmer, simnel, simper, simple, slimed, slimes, smidge, smiled, smiler, smiles, smiley, smiter, smites, somite, spirem, stimes, stymie, theism, timers, tmesis, verism, vermis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 45 4D 49 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000101 01001101 01001001 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S E M I - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0045 004D 0049 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5339474315 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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