Used before nouns or in compounds to mean ‘partial’, ‘half’, or ‘incompletely’ (e.g., semi-conscious, semi-annual).
Definitionen
Partial; half; not completely or fully. The patient was in a semi-conscious state after the accident.
Used colloquially before adjectives or participles to mean ‘partly’ or ‘somewhat’.
Definitionen
Partly; somewhat; to a moderate extent (used before adjectives or participles). I'm only semi-serious about taking the job.
Synonyme
not fully
in part
to a degree
to some extent