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academic year

academic year

11 2.3
The period each year when schools or universities hold classes
  • noun
  • /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk jɪr/
translation icon : curso académico
  • At the end of the academic year, students will receive their final grades.
  • a full academic year
  • one academic year
  • the beginning of the academic year

How many actual school shootings were there in the last academic year?

Examples

  • We are six weeks from the new academic year, and Joe hasn't fully recovered from the previous year.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The completed model has been in place for one academic year.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Unfortunately, after the first academic year, I had to stop.

  • But since we have you for the rest of the academic year, we thought how wonderful that you would spend your time with us.

  • Normally, we don't accept students in the middle of the academic year.

    Colombiana (2011)

  • University faculty provide ongoing support for participants during the academic year through monthly school site visits.

    Academic text (1991)

  • At the beginning of the 1985-86 academic year, two leadership changes occurred.

    Academic text (1990)

  • We ran this experimental course twice, over the course of two semesters during the 2009 academic year.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The survey was conducted during the 1988-89 academic year and sought answers to the following questions:

    Academic text (1991)

  • The questionnaire was distributed to the subjects during the academic year 2008-2009.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

school year
vsacademic year
79 1.0

The time of year when schools are open and have classes

includes university level teaching as well as primary and secondary instruction

How Long

academic year
11 2.3
semester
283 1.5

Surface Forms

academic year singular
academic years plural

Morphology

academic + year

The meaning 'the period of the year during which students attend school' is directly and transparently derived from 'academic' (relating to schools/education) modifying 'year' (a period of twelve months). This adjective+noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Academic year combines academic (about school) and year (a set of months). Imagine a school calendar that starts in one month and ends in another, so the phrase means the 'period when students attend classes'.