school year
Use school year in a sentenceschool year
noun
1.
the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
Origin:
1855–60
1855–60
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| school year | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a twelve-month period, (in Britain) usually starting in late summer and continuing for three terms until the following summer, during which pupils remain in the same class |
| 2. | the time during this period when the school is open |
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Example sentences
Another school year, another round of controversy about religion in public education.
They recall their own college days, when they worked during the school year and summers to pay tuition.
She stayed home the rest of the school year, four weeks.
Roar into the new school year with our awesome lion postcards.
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