Sees term transformed into something similar (8)
I believe the answer is:
semester
'something similar' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'sees term transformed' is the wordplay.
'transformed' indicates an anagram.
'sees'+'term'='seesterm'
'seesterm' with letters rearranged gives 'SEMESTER'.
'into' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for semester that I've seen before include "Half-year university session" , "half-year course of study" , "Division of US school year" , "(US) university term" , "part of the school year" .)