Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Academic year   /ˌækədˈɛmɪk jɪr/   Listen
Academic year

noun
1.
The period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying.  Synonym: school year.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Academic year" Quotes from Famous Books



... senators and congressmen to relinquish some of their appointments to the cause. He then wrote every major school district in the country, seeking black applicants and assuring them that the academies were truly open to all those qualified. Even though halfway through the academic year, Fitt's "micro-personnel operation," as he later called it, yielded appointments for ten Negroes. Unfortunately, (p. 570) his successor ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.

... sixteen, while the single girl at Mahon discontinued her studies on the ground that she preferred not to mingle with boys. At Malaga, the only female aspirant for the bachelor's degree took seven prizes, and was "excellent" in all her studies. During the academic year, 1881-1882, twelve women attended lectures in the Spanish universities. The three at Madrid were all working for the doctorate, and one had passed the necessary examinations; the two at Valladolid were occupied with medicine, while at Barcelona ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various



Words linked to "Academic year" :   session, trimester, quarter, academic session, school term, academic term, semester, year



Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com