What does semi mean in English? Meaning of semi definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "semi": one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament
Noun
Meaning: one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournamentSynonyms: semi
semifinalHypernyms: matchPronunciation in US: /semaɪ/
Meaning of "semi": a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
Noun
Meaning: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer togetherSynonyms: articulated lorry
rig
semi
tractor trailer
trailer truck
trucking rigHyponyms: tandem trailerHypernyms: motortruck
truckPart Holonyms: semi
semitrailer
trailerPronunciation in US: /semaɪ/
Meaning of "semi": a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle
Noun
Meaning: a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicleSynonyms: semi
semitrailerHypernyms: trailerPronunciation in US: /semaɪ/
Adjective: (UK, Australia, Canada) 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. 2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52, 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.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.2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52, 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 semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler. 2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page, All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page, All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.A semifinal.(slang) A partial erection. 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158) The twink got a semi just from that look.2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158) The twink got a semi just from that look.Synonyms:
wagon, van, car, crate, pickup, rig, buggy, dump, eighteen-wheeler, jeep, freighter, lorry, wheels, carryall, four-wheel drive, four by eight, four by four, rig, 18-wheeler, big rig, semitrailer, trailer truck, truck trailer, apparent, apparently, fake, mock, near, nominal, partly, pretended, seeming, sham, so-called, supposedly, synthetic, virtual, would-be, seemingly, pseudo-, semi-,
Antonyms:
entire, total, whole,
