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academic year
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noun
the customary annual period of instruction at a college, university, etc., running approximately from September to June.
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Also called school year.
Origin of academic year
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby academic year
academic gown, academician, academicism, academicize, academic rank, academic year, Académie Goncourt, academism, academize, Academus, academy
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