Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gap year

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: gap year
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.

Example Sentences

"By 2015, she had already earned a bachelor’s degree in medicine and decided to take a gap year before enrolling in her master’s program."

Inflected Forms

gap years (plural)

Phrases

gap yah

Frequently Paired Words

sabbatical

Questions

What does gap year mean?: A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.

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