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Any of various academic sessions held in the summer at schools or universities when the usual students are away; either for supplementary or remedial study or as part of distance learning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: school term, academic term, academic session, session
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
somerskool
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Chinese Cantonese:
暑期學校 /暑期学校
(syu2 kei4 hok6 haau6)
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Chinese Mandarin:
暑期學校 /暑期学校
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Chinese Mandarin:
夏校
(xiàxiào)
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Chinese Mandarin:
暑校
(shǔxiào)
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Czech:
letní škola
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Finnish:
kesäkoulu
— academic sessions held in the summer
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French:
école d'été
— academic sessions held in the summer
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French:
université d'été
— academic sessions held in the summer
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German:
Sommerakademie
— academic sessions held in the summer
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German:
Sommerschule
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Hungarian:
nyári iskola
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Japanese:
夏期学校
(kaki gakkō)
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Japanese:
サマースクール
(samā sukūru)
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Russian:
ле́тние ку́рсы
(létnije kúrsy)
— academic sessions held in the summer
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Swedish:
sommarskola
— academic sessions held in the summer