school dismissal time — the time when school ends and students are allowed to leave for the day
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: the time when school ends and students are allowed to leave for the day
Pronunciation (IPA): /skuːl dɪsˈmɪsəl taɪm/
Example Sentences
- Tommy's mom always arrives 10 minutes before school dismissal time because she knows he'll be the first one out!
- During the snowstorm, school dismissal time was moved up by two hours.
- The kindergarten teacher counts her students like a shepherd counts sheep at dismissal time.
school dismissal time
NOUN[/skuːl dɪsˈmɪsəl taɪm/]
the time when school ends and students are allowed to leave for the day
the time when school ends and students are allowed to leave for the day
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
This compound educational term combines 'dismissal', derived from Latin 'dimittere' (to send away, to dismiss), with 'time', from Old English 'tima' (a period or hour). The phrase emerged in modern educational contexts to denote the specific hour when students are released from school.
Breakdown
dis- (away, apart) + -miss- (Latin mittere, to send) + -al (noun suffix) + time (Old English tima, hour). The morpheme 'dismissal' literally means 'sending away', while 'time' specifies the temporal reference point.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“Tommy's mom always arrives 10 minutes before school dismissal time because she knows he'll be the first one out!”
“During the snowstorm, school dismissal time was moved up by two hours.”
“The kindergarten teacher counts her students like a shepherd counts sheep at dismissal time.”
“Please pick up your children promptly at school dismissal time.”
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