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midterm

midterm

128 3.3
A test in the middle of a school or college term to check progress
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪdˌtɜrm/
  • US
translation icon : examen parcial
  • The professor announced that the midterm would cover all the material from the first half of the course.
  • midterm exam
  • midterm and final exams
  • midterm examination

I didn't take any midterms and I just left.

Examples

  • "Exams will be returned in exactly one week after the date of the midterm."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Midterms are in a week.

    Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006)

  • The first one is regarding the midterm which is on Wednesday.

  • On Thursday will be the midterm here.

  • All right, well, midterm is only in a few days.

    Honor Society (2022)

  • You got the highest score on the midterm?

    Blurt! (2018)

  • We got a lot to go over before the midterm.

    Rites of Passage (2012)

  • Right, this is gonna be on the midterm.

    Accepted (2006)

  • Got my midterm tomorrow.

    The Invitation (2022)

  • All of the sections had the same midterm and the same final exam, consisting of approximately 75 multiple-choice questions.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

midterm exam
vsmidterm
  • US
2 2.9

An exam in the middle of a school term to check students' progress

is the same test but used in more formal, full-word contexts
midterm examination
vsmidterm
  • US
1 2.9

An exam teachers give in the middle of a school term to check students' progress

is the same idea but often expressed in shorter, informal speech

Antonyms

final exam
25 2.7

A test at the end of a school term that checks what you learned

Compounds

midterm exam
  • US
2 2.9

An exam in the middle of a school term to check students' progress

midterm examination
  • US
1 2.9

An exam teachers give in the middle of a school term to check students' progress

How Late

final exam
25 2.7
midterm
  • US
128 3.3
quiz
128 1.3

Surface Forms

midterm singular
midterms plural

Morphology

midterm = mid + term (transparent) = mid + term

The examination sense is transparently a test held in the middle of an academic term, built from 'mid' + 'term'.

Etymology

Midterm comes from mid- 'middle' and term 'period', especially a school term. So a midterm exam is an exam given in the middle of the school term to check how students are doing.