midterm

See also: mid-term

English

From mid- +‎ term.

midterm (not comparable)

Halfway through a term, or roughly so.
The administration is suffering from the usual midterm drop in approval ratings.
- 2008 April 23, Amy Sullivan, “A Primary with No End”, in Time, retrieved 3 July 2015:
  Most of the rational world . . . foresaw a smooth ride to victory for Democrats. They had, after all, the wind at their backs from the 2006 midterm elections.

halfway through a term

Chinese:
Mandarin: 期中 (zh) (qīzhōng), 中期 (zh) (zhōngqī)
Czech: napůl cesty, v polovině
Finnish: puoliväli (fi)
French: (politics) mi-mandat (fr), (Quebec, education) mi-session
German: Mitte (de) der Amtszeit (politics), Mitte (de) der Laufzeit, Mitte (de) des Semesters
Hungarian: (politics) félidős (hu), (education) évközi (hu), félévi (hu), év közbeni
Japanese: 中間 (ja) (ちゅうかん, chūkan)
Korean: 중간 (ko) (junggan)
Russian: среднесро́чный (ru) (srednesróčnyj)
Turkish: dönem ortası, orta vade (politics), sömestr ortası

midterm (plural midterms)

(education) A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term).
I only got a C on the midterm, so I really have to study for the final.
- 2005 April 13, Robert MacMillan, “Steal This Song”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 3 Oct. 2008:
  It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.
(politics) A midterm election.
- 2025 July 27, Emma Marsden, “Donald Trump's Favorability Rating Falls With AAPI Adults”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:
  The AAPI electorate has become more politically engaged in recent election cycles, and although it is not a voting bloc that has historically shown strong support for Trump, growing skepticism toward him could influence key battlegrounds in the 2026 midterms and beyond.

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