GAP YEAR Definition & Meaning

gap year

[gap yeer]

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noun

a period of time, usually an academic or calendar year, in which a student takes a break from school to travel, work, or volunteer, typically after ending high school and before starting college.

gap year

noun

a year's break taken by a student between leaving school and starting further education

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gap year¹

First recorded in 1975–80; gap ( def. ) + year ( def. )

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The UK's Cadet Forces - voluntary youth organisations - will expand by 30% by 2030, with a "gap year" offered to people interested in sampling military life.

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But now, Chen is ready for plan B. "If I can't get the visa eventually, I'll probably take a gap year. Then I'll wait to see if things will get better next year."

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Others take a gap year, external so they have more time to decide what to do next.

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What he saw during his gap year prompted him to set up the charity two years later.

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He'd just left Eton and was on a gap year before his military training at Sandhurst.

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