sabbaticalsab‧bat‧i‧cal /səˈbætɪkəl/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
She took a long sabbatical.on sabbatical Dr Watson’s away on sabbatical.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- An academic on a sabbatical, Farrel wondered?
- Apple chairman John Sculley took a sabbatical.
- Gross left on a sabbatical and never came back.
- In between, the in-service education of the clergy continues apace with sabbaticals and reading weeks and retreats and the good-natured summer schools.
- They usually took sabbaticals for this and returned to something quite different a different job, a different location.
THESAURUS
especially American English, holiday especially British English time you spend away from school or work: · Are you taking a vacation this summer?· We met on holiday in Cyprus.· What are you doing in the school holidays?
a day that is set by law, when no one has to go to work or school: · the Thanksgiving holiday· New Year’s Day is a national holiday.· In 2002, there was an extra public holiday to mark the Queen’s golden jubilee.· the August bank holiday (=day when all the banks and shops are closed – used in British English)
a time when you stop working or studying in order to rest, or a short vacation from school: · a ten-minute coffee break· Lots of college kids come to the beaches during the spring break.
a time when you are allowed not to work: · We get four weeks’ annual leave (=paid time off work each year).· He has been taking a lot of sick leave (=time off work because you are ill) recently.· Angela is on maternity leave (=time off work when having a baby).· He was given compassionate leave (=time off work because someone close to you has died, is very ill etc) to go to his father’s funeral.
[usually singular] a period when someone, especially a teacher, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel: · She was on sabbatical for six months.· I’m thinking of taking a sabbatical.
a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own country as a holiday: · While on furlough, he and his girlfriend got married.
(rest and relaxation) a holiday, especially one given to people in the army, navy etc after a long period of hard work or during a war: · Soldiers in Vietnam were taken to Hawaii for R & R.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She took a long sabbatical.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel: She took a long sabbatical. (=time that a teacher is allowed away from work to study or travel)· Headteachers can take sabbatical leave every five years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· They usually took sabbaticals for this and returned to something quite different a different job, a different location.· Apple chairman John Sculley took a sabbatical.
She took a long sabbatical.on sabbatical Dr Watson’s away on sabbatical.