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gap year
[ gap yeer ]
noun
- a period of time, usually an academic or calendar year, in which a student takes a break from school to travel, work, or volunteer, typically after ending high school and before starting college.
gap year
noun
- a year's break taken by a student between leaving school and starting further education
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gap year1
First recorded in 1975–80; gap ( def ) + year ( def )
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Example Sentences
Enter the grown-up gap year, a midlife version of the time some students take off before attending college.
From Washington Post
In 2019—at the age of 50—I embarked on a midlife gap year of my own.
From Fortune
“[Our fans are] mostly gap-year public-school girls,” said the band's multi-instrumentalist Ben Lovett.
From The Daily Beast
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