half-term
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːfˌtɜːm/
- UK
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vacaciones de mitad de trimestre
- Next week is half-term, so we're planning a family trip to the beach.
And this again seems to coincide with the half term break and coming back after that.
- And this again seems to coincide with the half term break and coming back after that.
- I took half term off because like you, I take Halloween very seriously.
- It also coincided with half term and lots of mixing of families in relatively small spaces.
Examples
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Have a good half-term, sir!
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It's half-term in two days.
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Lots of schools were off last week, so it has felt like half term has been a long time coming!
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First day of half term.
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Finally, half term has arrived!
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Next week is half term, so a few days are planned in Plymouth with Peter.
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Well, today was the first day back at school after half term (a week's break in the school term), and it was worse than ever.
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D needs the half-term break; she's very tired, and this reflected in school this morning.
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It also coincided with half term and lots of mixing of families in relatively small spaces.
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I was hoping to get back into the swing of things after the half-term holiday (women's groups, book group meeting, etc.), but we have had our granddaughter off school ill and with us during the day.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Half-term joins half ('half') and term ('a school period'), so it simply means a short holiday that comes 'halfway through' a school term, especially in British schools.