midterm break
English
Etymology
midterm + break.From being a break in schooling during the middle of a term (semester).
Alternative forms
- mid-term break
Noun
midterm break (plural midterm breaks)
- 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
- spring break
- March break
- harvest break
Coordinate terms
- reading week
- revision week