"gap year" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gap years [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gap year (plural gap years)
  1. A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling. Categories (topical): Education Derived forms: gap yah Related terms: sabbatical Translations (yearlong break from study): 間隔年 (Chinese Mandarin), 间隔年 (jiàngénián) (Chinese Mandarin), sabbatår [neuter] (Danish), fjumreår [neuter] (Danish), tussenjaar (Dutch), välivuosi (Finnish), année sabbatique [feminine] (French), anno di pausa [masculine] (Italian), annouoiliéthe [feminine] (Norman), gap year [neuter] (Polish), ano sabático [masculine] (Portuguese), año sabático [masculine] (Spanish), sabbatsår (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gap_year-en-noun-P0OI38kC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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        }
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      "sense": "yearlong break from study",
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      "sense": "yearlong break from study",
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      "sense": "yearlong break from study",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ano sabático"
    },
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      "sense": "yearlong break from study",
      "tags": [
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