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:
↑academy, ↑trade school, ↑vocational school, ↑senior high school, ↑senior high, ↑high, ↑highschool, ↑high school, ↑junior high school, ↑junior high, ↑preparatory school, ↑prep school, ↑public school, ↑grammar school, ↑secondary modern school, ↑comprehensive school, ↑composite school
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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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a school for children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18
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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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a school for young people between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18
Useful english dictionary. 2012.