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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gap year¹

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

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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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"I actually just wanted to take a gap year after school," Chloe, 19, who lives in London, told the BBC.

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The Prince of Wales spoke of his affinity with Africa having spent time there on his gap year before university, volunteering on wildlife conservation projects in Kenya, Botswana, and Tanzania .

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He completed his A-levels aged 16 and was asked by Cambridge University to take a gap year due to his young age.

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