SABBATICAL


Meaning of SABBATICAL in English

(~s)

A ~ is a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study.

He took a year’s ~ from the Foreign Office...

He’s been on ~ writing a novel.

N-COUNT: also on N

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