summer school

noun

study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
a school offering such programs.

Origin of summer school

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby summer school

summer kitchen, summer pudding, summer roll, summer sausage, summer savory, summer school, summer solstice, summer sores, summer squash, summer stock, summer tanager

Example sentences from the Web for summer school

  • "I've decided to stay over for summer-school, dear," he said to her one afternoon in mid-June.

    Ann Arbor Tales |Karl Edwin Harriman

  • I have been giving a course of six lectures on psychology "for teachers" at a so-called "summer-school" in Colorado Springs.

    The Letters of William James, Vol. II |William James

  • He was roused by the sound of a dinner-horn such as they used to blow at a summer-school he had once attended in the Adirondacks.

    "Captains Courageous" |Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for summer school

summer school

noun

a school, academic course, etc, held during the summer