sabbatical
noun/səˈbætɪkl/
/səˈbætɪkl/
[countable, uncountable]- a period of time when somebody, especially a teacher at a university, is allowed to stop their normal work in order to study or travel
- to take a year’s sabbatical
- on sabbatical He's on sabbatical this term.
- a sabbatical term/year
Oxford Collocations DictionarySabbatical is used before these nouns:- leave
- year
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek sabbatikos ‘of the sabbath’ + -al.Want to learn more?
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