half term

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half term

noun half terms · half-term

UK A short school holiday in the middle of the term, generally lasting a week. I have just visited him at his mother's home where he is spending half term and we reminisced while looking at his photo album.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, term.

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@misc{half_term_2026,
  title = {half term},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/half%20term},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}