academic year — noun count the time during the year when schools, colleges, and universities are teaching classes: SCHOOL YEAR … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
academic year — n the period of the year during which there are school or university classes … Dictionary of contemporary English
academic year — noun the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying • Syn: ↑school year • Hypernyms: ↑year • Part Meronyms: ↑school term, ↑academic term, ↑academic session, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
academic year — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms academic year : singular academic year plural academic years the time during the year when there is teaching at schools, colleges, and universities … English dictionary
academic year — college or university year, a year of learning in a higher education establishment … English contemporary dictionary
academic year — noun (C) especially BrE the period of the year during which there are school or university classes; school year school 1 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
academic year — /ˌækədɛmɪk ˈjɪə/ (say .akuhdemik year) noun that part of the year during which universities, colleges, etc., are in session, starting in February or March but in the Northern Hemisphere in September or October …
academic year — the customary annual period of instruction at a college, university, etc., running approximately from September to June. Also called school year. [1930 35] * * * … Universalium
academic year — noun Date: 1828 the annual period of sessions of an educational institution usually beginning in September and ending in June … New Collegiate Dictionary
academic year — a unit of time in U.S. schools, generally equal to 9 months beginning in August or September … Dictionary of units of measurement