gap year

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gap year

noun gap years

idiomatic A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling. By 2015, she had already earned a bachelor’s degree in medicine and decided to take a gap year before enrolling in her master’s program.

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noun yearlong break from study

Español	año sabático
中文	間隔年 /间隔年 jiàngénián
Português	ano sabático
Français	année sabbatique, année de césure
Italiano	anno di pausa
Русский	промежуточный год promežutočnyj god, свободный год svobodnyj god

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@misc{gap_year_2026,
  title = {gap year},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gap%20year},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}