school day
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Definition
Noun: 1. A day on which school is in session: A specific calendar day when classes are held and students are expected to attend. 2. The period of daily instruction: The portion of a day, from start to finish, during which school is officially in session and classes are conducted.
Usage Examples
- As a specific calendar day:
- Tomorrow is a school day, so you need to finish your homework tonight.
- The holiday falls on a Monday, so we get a long weekend with no school day.
- As the period of daily instruction:
- The school day here begins at 8:30 AM and ends at 3:15 PM.
- During the school day, students have lessons, lunch, and recess.
Advanced Usage
- "The length of the school day": Refers to the total duration of the instructional period.
- There is a debate about extending the school day to improve learning outcomes.
- "End of the school day": The time when classes and official school activities conclude.
- The bell signals the end of the school day.
Variants and Related Words
- School year (n): The annual period during which school is in session, typically from late summer/autumn to the following spring/summer.
- The new school year starts in September.
- School time (n): Can be synonymous with the period of the school day, or refer more generally to the era when one attended school.
- I have fond memories from my school time.
Synonyms
- Instructional day: A more formal term for the period when teaching occurs.
- School session: Can refer to the daily period or a specific term within the school year.
Related Phrases
- After school: The time following the conclusion of the official school day.
- She has soccer practice after school.
- School night: An evening preceding a school day, often implying an earlier bedtime or curfew.
- No video games on a school night.
Noun
- the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
- stay after school
- he didn't miss a single day of school
- when the school day was done we would walk home together
- any day on which school is in session
- go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day