gap year

noun

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

Examples of gap year in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Lakers are experiencing a gap year, with the pressure on for Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick under new ownership. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

After high school, Moales took a gap year and got more serious about what was becoming her number one way of escaping the mundanity of life here on earth. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

After graduation, Harry took a gap year to carry out humanitarian work in Africa (particularly with children in Lesotho), Australia, and Latin America. — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026

The Indiana Pacers, after a gap year, will get a healthy Tyrese Haliburton. — Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gap year

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