gap year

noun

: a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for nonacademic activities

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After taking a gap year to focus fully on chess, Naroditsky enrolled at Stanford University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history in 2019. Hanna Park, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 Without Porter and Jamal Murray, this was still as close to a gap year as the Nuggets have ever been during Jokic’s career. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025 After two seasons as the Miami Marlins manager, Skip Schumaker took a gap year before being named Bruce Bochy’s successor in Texas. Katie Woo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 After high school, Neutra deferred his college studies to spend a gap year in Israel. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gap year

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gap year was in 1978

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“Gap year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gap%20year. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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