midterm

See also: mid-term

English

Etymology

mid- +‎ term

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/

Adjective

midterm (not comparable)

Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
The administration is suffering from the usual midterm drop in approval ratings.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with medium-term.

Derived terms

Translations

halfway through a term

Chinese:
Mandarin: 期中 (zh) (qīzhōng), 中期 (zh) (zhōngqī)
Czech: napůl cesty, v polovině
Finnish: puoliväli (fi)
French: (politics) mi-mandat (fr), (Quebec, education) mi-session
German: Mitte (de) der Amtszeit (politics), Mitte (de) der Laufzeit, Mitte (de) des Semesters
Hungarian: (politics) félidős (hu), (education) évközi (hu), félévi (hu), év közbeni
Japanese: 中間 (ja) (ちゅうかん, chūkan)
Korean: 중간 (ko) (junggan)
Russian: среднесро́чный (ru) (srednesróčnyj)
Turkish: dönem ortası, orta vade (politics), sömestr ortası

Noun

midterm (plural midterms)

A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term).
I only got a C on the midterm, so I really have to study for the final.
A midterm election.

Translations

exam

Chinese:
Mandarin: 期中考試／期中考试 (qīzhōng kǎoshì)
Finnish: välikoe (fi)
French: (France) partiel (fr) m
German: Zwischenprüfung f
Hungarian: évközi/zárthelyi dolgozat/teszt
Icelandic: kaflapróf
Japanese: 中間テスト (chūkan tesuto), 中間試験 (chūkan shiken)
Lithuanian: kolokviumas
Serbo-Croatian: kolokvij (sh) m, parcijalni ispit m
Spanish: parcial (es)
Turkish: ara sınav (tr), vize (tr)

Anagrams

trimmed

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