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English term or phrase:
academic year
English answer:
academic year
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academic year
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Could some native speker please tell me if by this English expression it is possible to denote a secondary school (high school) year? Or is this term only applicable to the University? Many thanks in avance for every answer you can provide!!!
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| 5 +11 | Yes, can apply to ANY academic establishment |
Tony M
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| 5 +2 | Yes, you can |
Catherine Christaki
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Yes, can apply to ANY academic establishment
It's a pretty imprecise expression, just meaning 'the duration of the opening of an academic establishment'
Generally speaking, it means a year running from September to September, though of course actual term dates are (e.g.) September to July, and universities start later and often finish earlier (e.g. October to May)
So it's just a way of referring to a year that is 'displaced' with respect to the 'normal' year starting in January
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And YES again, in reply to your second added note !
Generally speaking, it means a year running from September to September, though of course actual term dates are (e.g.) September to July, and universities start later and often finish earlier (e.g. October to May)
So it's just a way of referring to a year that is 'displaced' with respect to the 'normal' year starting in January
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And YES again, in reply to your second added note !
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Yoshiro Shibasaki, PhD
: But in the UK it starts in October and in Japan in April.
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Thanks, Yoshiro! Of course, I was only speaking from a UK perspective...
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RHELLER
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Thanks, Rita --- very helpful to know! (You too, for that matter !)
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Definition: [n] the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying Synonyms: school year
Source: www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/academic year
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academic year (n.) A period of sessions of school which will usually start in September and end in June.
Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/academic year
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academic year (n.) A period of sessions of school which will usually start in September and end in June.
Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/academic year
Source: www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/academic year
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Note added at 2003-10-22 09:13:53 (GMT)
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academic year (n.) A period of sessions of school which will usually start in September and end in June.
Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/academic year
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Note added at 2003-10-22 09:14:18 (GMT)
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academic year (n.) A period of sessions of school which will usually start in September and end in June.
Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/academic year
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Tony M
: Yes, but note this is not a TRUE synonym! 'academic' = university OR school (etc.), but 'school' = ONLY school
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Empty Whiskey Glass
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Comment: "Thanks to everybody!"
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