"parents' evening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parents' evenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=parents' evening}} parents' evening (plural parents' evenings)
  1. (UK, education) An evening consisting of short meetings between a parent and their child's teachers to discuss the child's academic progress. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: parent-teacher conference Translations (meeting): vanhempainvartti (Finnish), Elternabend [masculine] (German), wywiadówka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-parents'_evening-en-noun-VJp5tZEZ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: education

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