academic year

noun

1. the customary annual period of instruction at a college, university, etc., running approximately from September to June.

Word History and Origins

Origin of academic year¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Off-campus employment — only available to students who have completed at least a full academic year in their program of study — must be qualified through the Department of Homeland Security.

From FiveThirtyEight

Both districts have promised to return most of their students — 180,000 in Fairfax and 81,000 in Loudoun — for five days a week of in-person learning by the start of the 2021-2022 academic year.

From Washington Post

Hutchings wrote in a statement to The Washington Post that Alexandria still plans to send more children back into classrooms before the end of the academic year, as he had previously suggested would happen.

From Washington Post

It is still unclear whether his school system will keep six feet all the way through the end of the academic year.

From Washington Post

The District’s traditional public school system said Thursday afternoon that it would adopt the more relaxed social distancing guidelines for the fourth quarter of the academic year, which begins April 19.

From Washington Post

But a person close to the Obamas says they have also considered allowing them to finish up the academic year in Chicago.

From The Daily Beast

At Louis-le-Grand there were verses and discourses in Greek at the closing of the academic year.

From Project Gutenberg

It is also the name for the annual act, or Encaenia, the ceremonial closing of the academic year at Oxford University.

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The past month has been distinguished by the annual commencements of the academic year in most of the colleges of the country.

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The academic year ran from October to September, and elementary and secondary classes ended at the end of May.

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The academic year closes on the last Wednesday but one in June, and consists of three terms.

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