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gap year en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.
    • By 2015, she had already earned a bachelor’s degree in medicine and decided to take a gap year before enrolling in her master’s program. 2026 August 13, Nicholas Muhoro, “Dutch Medical Student Sophia Koetsier Vanished in Uganda in 2015. An Unknown Man’s DNA Was Later Found on Her Clothing”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2026:

Forms

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gap years Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gap yah

Relateds

sabbatical

Translations (15)

ru промежуточный год (yearlong break from study) · it anno di pausa (yearlong break from study) · sv sabbatsår (yearlong break from study) · nl tussenjaar (yearlong break from study) · fr année de césure (yearlong break from study) · pt ano sabático (yearlong break from study) · da sabbatår (yearlong break from study) · ru свободный год (yearlong break from study) · fr année sabbatique (yearlong break from study) · da fjumreår (yearlong break from study) · es año sabático (yearlong break from study) · pl gap year (yearlong break from study) · fi välivuosi (yearlong break from study) · nrf annouoiliéthe (yearlong break from study) · cmn 間隔年 /间隔年 (yearlong break from study)