intersession

American  

[in-ter-sesh-uhn] / ˈɪn tərˌsɛʃ ən /

noun

1. a period between two academic terms.

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Etymology

Origin of intersession

First recorded in 1930–35; inter- + session

Example Sentences

The Union Gap School District adopted a balanced calendar this school year with a start date in early August, an end date in mid-June and intersession weeks throughout the year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

Over the years, the Hopkins intersession has included some of the university’s more offbeat and popular offerings, from the theory and practice of poker to an introduction to stand-up comedy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

The House had not even sworn-in freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., at the time of Cleaver’s intersession.

From Fox News • Jan. 7, 2019

Instead, we accept that ‘the Recess,’ originally and through today, could just as properly refer generically to any one—intrasession or intersession —of the Senate's acts of recessing, that is, taking a break.”

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2013

Now, the working of this Spirit of adoption, I conceive to be threefold, beside that of intersession expressed in the verse.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh