school term
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- noun
- /skuːl tɜrm/
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- Sarah and I had been 5th grade classmates at Pleasant Valley School in Geauga Co. the first year it was built, which was the school term of 1952-53.
Examples
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Britannica contributing editor Gregory McNamee caught up with Peter Bentley for this conversation as the school term was ending and England wilted under an unusual heat wave.
Blog text (23) -
Students usually have a break between each school term to relax before starting classes again.
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We never used to get to that till the end of the school term.
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There are two school terms.
Academic text (1992) -
Three school terms and part of another.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'll give you both my answer before the end of this school term.
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150 school terms, not including holidays.
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With the school term beginning, what's your focus on the school campuses?
Blog text (11) -
At the end of the school term, I handed in my resignation, despite the satisfactions that teaching gave me.
Fiction book (2002) -
The time constraints of interviewing all subjects twice prior to the beginning of the fall school term limited the sample size.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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A period that is half the school or university year for classes and exams
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A time when classes are held at a school
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The time of year when schools are open and have classes
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The period each year when schools or universities hold classes
A period when a school or university holds classes
The period when classes are held at a school or university
The time of day when a school has classes and students learn
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a period during which a school holds regular classes' is directly and compositionally derived from 'school' (an educational institution) + 'term' (a set period). This straightforward noun‑noun combination follows common cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase school term comes from the simple idea of a fixed 'term' or part of the year at school. Imagine the school year cut into blocks on a calendar; each block is a term, so school term means a period when classes are held.