English abbreviation dictionary - semi
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Semi
semi
transport. abbr.
Tractor-trailer combination electron. abbr.
Semiconductor NASDAQ abbr.
Superior Electric Maintence Interior firm name abbr.
Semiconductor Equipment Materials International
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1.
~ plural semis ~ n 1 BrE informal a house that is joined to the one next to it to form a pair; duplex (1) AmE (a two-bedroomed semi) 2 informal a semifinal 3 AmE a very large heavy vehicle consisting of two connected parts, that carries goods over long distances; juggernaut (1) BrE ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(semis) 1. A semi is a semi-detached house. (BRIT INFORMAL) N-COUNT 2. In a sporting competition, the semis are the semi-finals. (BRIT INFORMAL) He reached the semis after beating Lendl in the quarterfinal. N-COUNT: usu pl, usu the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: short for ~detached Date: 1912 chiefly British a ~detached house II. noun (plural ~s) Date: 1942 ~trailer III. noun (plural ~s) Date: 1942 ~final — often used in plural ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. Etymology: abbr. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (сокр. от semidetached house) разг. одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом 2. авт. полуприцеп 3. (сокр. от ) полупроводник 4. шотл. студент второго курса университета ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun coll. 1) одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом 2) sport полуфинал ...Англо-русский словарь
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- from L. semi- "half." Corresponds to O.E. sam- "half," used in such compounds as samhal "poor health," lit. "half-whole;" samsoden "half-cooked," figuratively "stupid" (cf. half-baked); samcucu "half-dead," lit. "half-alive;" and the last survivor of the group, sand-blind "dim-sighted," from O.E. *samblind. Semitrailer first recorded 1919; semiconductor 1931; semicolon 1644. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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