MIDTERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midterm mean? 

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

1. the middle of the gestation period

2. middle of an academic term or a political term in office

3. an examination administered in the middle of an academic term

  Familiarity information: MIDTERM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDTERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The middle of the gestation period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

point; point in time (an instant of time)

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

gestation; gestation period (the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Middle of an academic term or a political term in office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

point; point in time (an instant of time)

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

term (a limited period of time)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An examination administered in the middle of an academic term

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

midterm; midterm exam; midterm examination

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

exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)