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school year
noun
- the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
school year
noun
- 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
- the time during this period when the school is open
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Word History and Origins
Origin of school year1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
I plan to put both of you on the firing-line next school-year.
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And this is one out of the school-year's two hundred and sixteen days--all of which will be like this, or worse.
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Immediately after Easter the real excitement of the school-year began.
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We do not know definitely that there was any fixed length for the school-year.
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The children were delighted to be back in Sunday-school and to begin their school-year.
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