half term

British  

noun

1. education

   1. a short holiday midway through an academic term

   2. ( as modifier )

      a half-term holiday

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Example Sentences

Speaking from her balcony on holiday, she told the BBC the family saved about £1,500 by going in term time rather than in February half term.

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Absence for holidays is not approved in the first half term of the school year but there is a flexible approach after that.

From BBC

"I don't think I could consider working somewhere that didn't have the two-week half term now, just because it has such an impact on my wellbeing," he says.

From BBC

The money, from the government's Household Support Fund, will be distributed to families before the October half term.

From BBC

Some schools now have five-week breaks in the summer, but a two-week October half term.

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