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half terms

half terms is the plural of half term.

Meaning of half term

Noun

half term (plural half terms)

  1. (UK) A short school holiday in the middle of the term, generally lasting a week.
    • I have just visited him at his mother's home where he is spending half term and we reminisced while looking at his photo album.1979, SWT, Social Work Today
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, term.

Questions about half terms

What is half terms the plural of?
Half terms is the plural of half term.

Words near half terms in the dictionary

  1. half staff
  2. half staffs
  3. half step
  4. half steps
  5. half term
  6. half terms
  7. half the battle
  8. half the story
  9. half time
  10. half times
  11. half title

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