midterm break
nounEtymology From midterm + break. From being a break in schooling during the middle of a term (semester).
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A break (frequently, week-long) in classes taking place somewhere between the end of the first third and start of the last third of a semester (term), this may coincide with a mid-semester examination period (midterms).
- Hyponyms
- ped week, pedagogical week, March break, spring break, harvest break
- Coordinate terms
- reading week, revision week