semis

[ sey-mis, see- ]

noun

1. a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.

Word History and Origins

Origin of semis¹

< Latin sēmis, apparently equivalent to sēmi- semi- + as as ²

Example Sentences

Then Argentina kicked them out in the semis, despite allegations of cheating.

From The Daily Beast

Teams manage and sort the constant flow of surplus riding in on semis from closed bases.

From The Daily Beast

Neither Rafael Nadal nor Roger Federer made it to the semis at the U.S. Open.

From The Daily Beast

When Federer lost in the semis of a major in 2008, he said that his unprecedented run had “created a monster.”

From The Daily Beast

Would Paul from Oberhausen really pick against the Mannschaft in the semis?

From The Daily Beast

There Foch (whose headquarters were at Semis, twenty-two miles nearer Paris) awaited them in his special train.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the street widened into eight traffic lanes and the big semis joined the procession on the edge of the downtown area.

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The twelth part of an acre was called Uncia and half a foot, Semis, &c.

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And what commas they wielded, what colons, what semis, what stops!

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If I wanted money, if she had earned an as, she gave me a semis.

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