secondary school

secondary school
noun
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school
• Hypernyms: ↑school
• Hyponyms:

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noun
: a school more advanced in grade than an elementary school and offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses — compare gymnasium 2, lycee, public school 1

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—secondary-school, adj.
a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
[1825-35]

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secondary school noun
Any of various types of school for secondary education
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Main Entry: ↑second

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secondary school UK US noun [countable] [singular secondary school plural secondary schools]
a school for children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18
Thesaurus: schoolshyponym

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secondary school,
a school attended after the elementary school; a high school or (in England) a public school.

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noun, pl ⋯ schools [count]
1 US : ↑high school 1

a job that requires at least a secondary school education

2 Brit : a school for children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 — compare ↑primary school

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ˈsecondary school [secondary school] noun
a school for young people between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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