Definition of Half-term

1. Noun. A short vacation about halfway through a school term. "He came to visit at half-term"

Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Holiday, Vacation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-term

half-reactions
half-relief
half-seas-over
half-shower
half-showers
half-sibling
half-siblings
half-sister
half-sisters
half-size
half-slip
half-staff
half-standard
half-step
half-steps
half-term (current term)
half-tetrad analysis
half-timber
half-timbered
half-timbering
half-time
half-title
half-track
half-tracked
half-tracker
half-tracks
half-truth
half-truths
half-uncle
half-uncles

Literary usage of Half-term

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue by Yale University, Columbia university, Hokkaido University (1908)
"Spring half-term. Economic Location and Construction of Railways—2 hrs. Spring half-term. Water Supply and Drainage of Modern Buildings—I hr. ..."

2. Calendar by Bedford College, Orange Agricultural College, Roseworthy Agricultural College (1888)
"A student may enter for the whole term, or at the half- term, or for any six consecutive weeks during any term. Special arrangements are made for students ..."

3. Reports of the Mosely Educational Commission to the United States of America (1904)
"First Half (Term VII.)—Con. 4'. Mythology. An accurate knowledge of the ... Second Half (Term VIII.) (a) Reading of about two hundred and fifty pages as in ..."

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