SEMI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semi mean? 

• SEMI (noun)
  The noun SEMI has 3 senses:

1. one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

2. a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

3. a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

  Familiarity information: SEMI used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

semi; semifinal

Hypernyms ("semi" is a kind of...):

match (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)

Holonyms ("semi" is a part of...):

elimination tournament (a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

articulated lorry; rig; semi; tractor trailer; trailer truck; trucking rig

Hypernyms ("semi" is a kind of...):

motortruck; truck (an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling)

Meronyms (parts of "semi"):

semi; semitrailer (a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle)

trailer (a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semi"):

tandem trailer (trucking rig with two trailers in tandem)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

semi; semitrailer

Hypernyms ("semi" is a kind of...):

trailer (a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor)

Holonyms ("semi" is a part of...):

articulated lorry; rig; semi; tractor trailer; trailer truck; trucking rig (a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together)

 Context examples 

Cannabinoids include phytocannabinoids, endocannabinoids and (semi-)synthetic cannabinoids.

(Cannabinoid, NCI Thesaurus)

A sneer, however, whether covert or open, had now no longer that power over me it once possessed: as I sat between my cousins, I was surprised to find how easy I felt under the total neglect of the one and the semi- sarcastic attentions of the other—Eliza did not mortify, nor Georgiana ruffle me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)