Domain: Universal Wordsadjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 in the middle of the period that a government, a council, etc. is elected for:
midterm elections
2 for or connected with a period of time that is neither long nor short; in the middle of a particular period:
a midterm solution * midterm losses
seealsoLONG-TERM, SHORT-TERM
3 in the middle of one of the main periods of the academic year:
a midterm examination / break
seealsoHALF-TERM