gap year

noun

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

Examples of gap year in a Sentence

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Now His Memory Lives On in a Journal His Sister Left Behind Plant was due to take a gap year before going on to study finance at the University of Winchester at the time of her death, per BBC News. Escher Walcott, People.com, 7 May 2025 Fans braced for a long gap year, hoped for another high draft pick and focused on all the cap space their team would have in the offseason. Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 Her first solo — during a gap year before college — was to Nepal. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 Last year, the Grizzlies took something of a gap year, suiting up 33 NBA players and finishing dead last in points per game (105.8). Law Murray, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 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 15 May. 2025.

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