ˌse-mē,
                                                                                                                              -ˌmī,
                                                                                                                              -mi
                                                      
                                                          1
                    
        a
    
                      
                                          
              
          
                                                      : precisely half of:                                      
                
                    
        (1)
    
                
                                          
              
          
                                                      : forming a bisection of                                      
              
                             
semidiameter
                         
                
                    
        (2)
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : being a usually vertically bisected form of (a specified architectural feature)                                      
              
                             
semidome
                         
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : half in quantity or value : half of or occurring halfway through a specified period of time                                      
              
                             
semiannual
                                       semimonthly
                         
              
                                                         compare bi-                                      
                
                    2
                    
                  3
                    
        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : partial : incomplete                                      
              
                             
semiconsciousness
                                       semidarkness
                         
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : having some of the characteristics of                                      
              
                             
semiporcelain
                         
                
                    
        c
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : quasi-                                      
              
                             
semigovernmental
                                       semimonastic
                         
                
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