Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The middle of an academic term or a political term of office.
- noun An examination given at the middle of a school or college term.
- noun A series of such examinations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the middle of the gestation period.
- noun The middle of an academic term or a political term in office.
- noun An examination given in the middle of an academic term; a midterm examination.
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- adjective
Halfway through aterm , or roughly so. - noun A midterm (halfway through the term) school
exam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an examination administered in the middle of an academic term
- noun the middle of the gestation period
- noun middle of an academic term or a political term in office
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Examples
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Like the "change" elections of 2006-08, this midterm is a litmus test of the political leaning of the country.
Stephen Herrington: The Lesser Evil in 2010 Stephen Herrington 2010
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The Bank of Korea sets what it calls a midterm inflation target every three years after consultations with the government and reviews the target on an annual basis.
Bank of Korea Governor: Won't Change Current Inflation-Targeting System In-Soo Nam 2011
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Nan Lee: “Winning this midterm is the ultimate nightmare.”
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Good strategy considering that seniors are nearly the only ones who vote in midterm elections.
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Traditionally new voters don't turn out in midterm congressional elections, he noted.
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Old, white people are a lot more likely to vote in midterm elections than young people and minorities.
Matthew Yglesias » Democrats Slightly More Popular Than Republicans 2010
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The GOP's candidate for an open Senate seat, former congressman and Bush Cabinet appointee Rob Portman, has been on the ballot in midterm elections before and frames the 2010 stakes this way:
King: Ohio the proving ground for GOP's back-to-future bid 2009
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Palin seems like a persistent fighter on anything she wants to pick fights for, but her ability to lead or not quit midterm is out of the question.
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The GOP's candidate for an open Senate seat, former congressman and Bush Cabinet appointee Rob Portman, has been on the ballot in midterm elections before and frames the 2010 stakes this way:
King: Ohio the proving ground for GOP's back-to-future bid 2009
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"Maybe the mistakes [that led to the Democrats 'drubbing in midterm elections] weren't his, but the people around him," says Mr. Gullu.
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