semi /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/
1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands
to grind are prefixed by
semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is ;;*, not
1/4 of a star. 2. A prefix used with words such as `immediately'
as a qualifier. "When is the system coming up?"
"Semi-immediately." (That is, maybe not for an hour.) "We did
consider that possibility semi-seriously." See also infinite.