half-term

See also: half term

English

Adjective

half-term (not comparable)

  1. (Britain) Pertaining to the half term school holiday.
    • 1992, John Penn, Mortal Term, Ulverscroft Large Print →ISBN
      The Roystones took advantage of the long half-term break and went to Paris.
    • 1997, Maureen Sutton, A Lincolnshire Calendar
      Before 1974 the children of Lincoln were given an annual day's holiday for the mayor's birthday, but this is now calculated as part of the school Spring half-term holiday, so this seems the best location at which to place it.
    • 2012, Marcia Willett, The Courtyard, Hachette UK →ISBN
      The half-term trip to Nethercombe had to be postponed because of her funeral and John felt a new guilt.

Noun

half-term (plural half-terms)

  1. (Britain) Alternative form of half term.
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