Sem

¹ American  

[sem] / sɛm /

noun

Douay Bible.

1. Shem.

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Sem ² American  

Or Sem.

abbreviation

1. Seminary.

2. Semitic.

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SEM ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Optics. scanning electron microscope

2. Digital Technology. search-engine marketing: a type of online marketing in which a company, organization, or website owner drives traffic to a website by optimizing its ranking or by paying for the website to appear in search-engine results pages.

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sem. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. semicolon.

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Example Sentences

Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Sem Verbeek says his "heart is bleeding" over a change in format at the US Open that means he and partner Katerina Siniakova will be unable to play there together.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

Roby is projected as a mid-rotation starter who along with the acquisitions of Sem Robberse and Adam Klofenstein from Toronto help replenish a dearth of starting pitching in the farm system.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Toronto sent minor league right-handers Adam Kloffenstein and Sem Robberse to St. Louis for the 26-year-old Hicks.

From Washington Times • Jul. 30, 2023

“We advanced a little more on our flank,” said a drone operator in the Adam Tactical Group, who asked to be identified only by his nickname, Sem.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

His name was Noa; he dwelt in Syria, with his three sons, Sem, Japet, Chem, and their wives, the great Tidea, Pandora, Noela, and Noegla.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh