semi

UK /ˈsɛmi/ US /ˈsɛmi/

noun 5adv 1

Definitions

noun

A semi-detached house.

2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40, I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.

The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.

A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.

I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill

All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.

A semifinal.

A partial erection of the penis.

The twink got a semi just from that look.

A semiautomatic firearm.

See these niggas through the reticle sight up on my semi […] For niggas plottin', I might blow it at your fitted Get your bitch-ass slimed out, it ain't no kiddin' Ain't no kiddin', got that semi

adv

Somewhat; to some extent.

'Is that a serious question?' he asked. Ralph shrugged with his face, jutting out his bottom lip. 'Well ... semi,' he said.

Collocations

ADJ.

bottom, dated, foreign, lonely, regular

She felt semi-lonely at the party since most of her friends couldn't make it.

VERB + SEMI

built, drive, drives, driving

My father has been driving a semi across the country for twenty years.

SEMI + NOUN

', basis, truck

He drives a semi truck across the country for his job.

PREP.

in, in, on, until

He worked in semi-darkness for hours, trying to find his keys on the floor.

ADV.

physically

She was semi physically disabled after the accident but managed to return to work eventually.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a trailer having wheels only in the rear

semitrailer

noun — a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

noun — one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of

semifinal

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.

Wiktionary

The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory.

Wiktionary

'Is that a serious question?' he asked. Ralph shrugged with his face, jutting out his bottom lip. 'Well ... semi,' he said.

Wiktionary

He lives in a house built in a semi foreign style.

Tatoeba · #304842

We dated on a semi regular basis until she moved to Australia.

Tatoeba · #4419763

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, semi is marked as informal, slang, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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