gap year

noun

: a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for nonacademic activities

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With this coming season a potential gap year, a similar gap in extension consideration also would appear to make sense. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025 Victor Osimhen’s season-long loan from Napoli to Galatasaray has the feel of a strange footballing gap year. Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Oh, the delicious irony of Mr. Only the Ivies Count Lest Your Child Fail to Launch having a daughter who’s in an aimless 19th month of a gap year between high school and college. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025 After graduating, Franco’s son plans on taking a gap year to figure out his next chapter. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for gap year

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gap year was in 1978

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“Gap year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gap%20year. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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