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semester hours

semester hours noun: the number of credit hours a student takes in a semester, usually for a college or university to count towards a degree.

Noun

semester hours pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The number of credit hours a student takes in a semester, usually for a college or university to count towards a degree.

Questions about semester hours

What does semester hours mean?
Semester hours means the number of credit hours a student takes in a semester, usually for a college or university to count towards a degree.
What part of speech is semester hours?
Semester hours is a noun.

Words near semester hours in the dictionary

  1. semeny
  2. Semer
  3. semes
  4. semese
  5. semester
  6. semester hours
  7. semester school
  8. semester schools
  9. semestered
  10. semestering
  11. semesterisation

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