midterm

noun

mid·​term ˈmid-ˌtərm (usual for sense 1b) 

-ˈtərm

1

a

: the middle of an academic term

b

: an examination at midterm

2

: the approximate middle of a term of office

Examples of midterm in a Sentence

The students will be busy taking midterms next week.

He dropped the course before midterm.

assessing the President's performance at midterm

Recent Examples on the Web

That unpredictability, coupled with Johnson’s razor-thin voting margin, is testing the seemingly cozy relationship between the speaker and the president ahead of the midterms. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Trump spoke about a wide of topics, also touching on the Supreme Court, economy, markets, Iran, the Federal Reserve and the 2026 midterm elections. — Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger,garrett Downs,ashley Capoot,justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026

The messaging effort comes as Republicans scramble to hold onto threadbare congressional majorities in the November midterms. — Steven Sloan, Fortune, 2 July 2026

The Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday rolling back longstanding limits on the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with individual candidates is set to make political parties far more impactful in the 2026 midterms. — Will Lennon, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for midterm

• affirm
• bookworm
• budworm
• confirm
• cutworm
• earthworm
• infirm
• ringworm
• tapeworm
• wireworm
• angiosperm
• echinoderm