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summer school


summer school

noun

Definition of SUMMER SCHOOL

: a school or school session conducted in summer enabling students to accelerate progress toward a diploma or degree, to make up credits lost through absence or failure, or to round out professional education

First Known Use of SUMMER SCHOOL

1860

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