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school term

n. the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" [syn: academic term, academic session, session]

Usage examples of "school term".

With the termination of the encampment the school term came to an end, and the Rover boys returned to their home with their uncle and aunt.

Too soon September brought the school term, and Ronald, now fit and well, had to return to King Edwards.

But it would be a race between the end of the school term and the end of David's ability to cope.

I still would have kept coming back until the end of the school term because I felt I had a responsibility to those who hired me, and to the children.

The school term was only half over, but Jake packed up what few belongings he had and flew back to Hong Kong the next day.

To do the job from the inside, and to do it right at the close of the school term.

The place a man waiting for his wife and children to join him from Dorset at the end of the school term would choose and not be noticed very much.

Nai had been planning to organize her material for the coming school term, determined that she was going to be more interesting and energetic as a high school language teacher.

I have resolved to put my fortune to the test before the close of her school term calls her from Granville.

The school term ended and the children, forgetting the disappointment of the previous year, talked excitedly of going to Hanuman House for Christmas.