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semicommercial

semicommercial adjective: partly commercial; having some aspects that are commercial and some that are not.

Adjective

semicommercial (not comparable)

  1. Partly commercial; having some aspects that are commercial and some that are not.
    • A Havemeyer Street apartment was near popular bars, but it was in a walk-up; An apartment on South First Street was still being renovated; A Maujer Street apartment was spacious, though also on a semicommercial block; Chris Roan, left, and Justin Fluck settle into their Brooklyn flat after a long...2007 June 17, Joyce Cohen, “Roommates Who Almost Weren’t”, in New York Times

Origin of semicommercial

From semi- + commercial.

Questions about semicommercial

What does semicommercial mean?
Semicommercial means partly commercial; having some aspects that are commercial and some that are not.
What part of speech is semicommercial?
Semicommercial is an adjective.

Words near semicommercial in the dictionary

  1. semicomatose
  2. semicombined
  3. semicomfortable
  4. semicomic
  5. semicomical
  6. semicommercial
  7. semicommunication
  8. semicommunicative
  9. semicompact
  10. semicompacted
  11. semicompetitive

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