trimester
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- noun
- /traɪˈmɛstər/
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trimestre
- Students in seventh- and eighth-grade English classes assembled portfolios at the conclusion of each of the three trimesters.
- the third trimester
- the second trimester
- the first trimester
Examples
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At the end of each trimester, students review their grades and plan for the next period.
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By the end of the fall trimester, I knew, to one degree or another, every student.
Academic text (2005) -
We're only in the first trimester.
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And so, what about funding for drama next trimester?
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There's still a week left until the trimester is over.
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I was heading into my second trimester, and my very grown-up life was only months away.
Blog text (11) -
Students track their progress on their own card and pace themselves with a goal of four books each trimester to reach the twelve books by June.
Academic text (2014) -
Students refine the learned skills from the first trimester in social studies during the second trimester in science and the third trimester in ELA.
Academic text (2014) -
Our grading periods were trimesters, which meant I had to put together grades after observing students in 12 sessions.
Academic text (2012) -
We have a big exam scheduled for the last week of this trimester.
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Morphology
trimester = semester (transparent) = tri + mester
Formed from the prefix 'tri-' (three) applied to the '-mester' element (as in 'semester'/'-mester' meaning a month/term); the 'three-month/three-term' sense for academic division is directly inferable.
Etymology
Trimester comes from the Latin parts tri- 'three' and mensis 'month'. So it literally means 'three months', which is why some schools divide the year into three trimesters.