noun
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 (Freq. 2)
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he goes to the neighborhood highschool
• Syn: ↑senior high, ↑high, ↑highschool, ↑high school
• Hypernyms: ↑secondary school, ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school
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noun, pl ⋯ schools [count]
US : a school that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade : ↑high school — compare ↑junior high school
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(in the US) a school for young people between the ages of 14 and 18
Useful english dictionary. 2012.