DCHP-2

semestering DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• 1 v. — Education

  dividing the academic year into two equal periods.

  Type: 1. Origin — This meaning appears to be a Canadian innovation, judging by the considerable time gap between US (mid 1990s) and Canadian quotations (see below). Internet domain searches indicate that the term is most prevalent in Canada (see Chart 1).

  See also: spare  

• 2 verbal n. — Education

  a system of dividing the academic year into two equal periods.

  Type: 1. Origin — The term appears to have been used first in Canada and seems to be most frequent there (see Chart 1).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "semestering", which is marked "Cdn."