Other forms: midterms
A midterm is an examination held halfway through a course. Sit the midterm, revise for midterms, the midterm grade.
It is American academic language; British courses have no fixed equivalent. In American politics the midterms are the congressional elections held two years into a presidential term, and they are treated as a verdict on the president.
1nounmidtermAn examination held halfway through a course.
“I've got a history midterm on Monday, so I'm studying all weekend.”
midterm is an examination.
Latin
terminus
Old French
terme
Middle English
terme
English
term
English, today
midterm
From mid- + term. term comes from Middle English terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus. From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin -, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”). a doublet of terminus and termon. Old English - had termen, from the same source.
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