sabbatical leave
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5.3
- noun
- /səˈbætɪkəl liv/
:
permiso sabático
- The professor took a six-month sabbatical leave to conduct research in Europe.
- take a sabbatical leave
Examples
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Field research for this study was made possible during the academic year 1989-90 by a sabbatical leave from Sonoma State University.
Academic text (1993) -
The article, however, was completed while the author was on sabbatical leave at Oxford University.
Academic text (2002) -
So when I had the opportunity to take a sabbatical leave, I asked to spend it at a local school.
Academic text (2011) -
Was he on sabbatical leave or was he forced to take a leave?
Blog text (7) -
Third, university faculty should take sabbatical leaves to work in state agencies.
Academic text (1993) -
A faculty sabbatical leave can have some impacts on the department, the university, and the students.
Academic text (2005) -
Pula: What prompted you to apply for a sabbatical leave?
Academic text (2011) -
I had been granted a fellowship to live and write in Paris during my first sabbatical leave from Cornell.
Academic text (2007) -
I spent part of a sabbatical leave in Paris puzzling out this structure with the help of Christian Magnan.
Academic text (1993) -
The completion of the paper was facilitated by a course release to James K. Beggan from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and a sabbatical leave granted by the University of Louisville.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
443
3.8
Official permission to be absent from work or duty
160
1.6
A time when you are not working, often to rest or recover
38
3.9
A period when someone is officially allowed to be away from work or school
31
6.6
A period away from work for rest, travel, or research
A year away from work for rest, study, or travel
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'leave' clearly signals an authorized absence, and combining it with 'sabbatical' yields the general idea of a special type of leave; a learner who knows both words will infer it is a particular kind of time off. However, the specific institutional sense (paid, academic, often every seventh year, for study or travel) depends on cultural/encyclopedic knowledge of 'sabbatical' and is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Sabbatical leave comes from the old Bible idea of the 'Sabbath', a time of rest when people and land would stop work 'every seventh year'. So today, sabbatical leave means paid time away from work for study or rest, often given after several years of service.