What's the appropriate term to describe the end of classes in school at the end of the day everyday (to resume again the very next day). Can we call it school break or disassembly or is there a specific term to describe it?
Word Choice – What is the Term for the End of School Every Day?
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or maybe (in spoken American English)
are all fine.
would be the formal term in American usage.
School break refers to the holidays between terms, like winter break, winter vacation, spring break or summer break.
“Assembly” and “Disassembly”
A quick note: “Assembly” doesn’t mean the start of the school day, it means a formal (or mandatory) gathering, like this:
Disassembly refers to taking apart machines, not groups of people. This is even though “assembly” can mean a group of people assembled together, especially at a school.