Definition of 'secondary school'
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secondary school
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secondary school in American English
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a school, esp. a high school, coming after elementary school
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secondary school in American English
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a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university
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[1825–35]Examples of 'secondary school' in a sentence
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Which type of school, college, or university am I?
a school for training in a particular skill or profession
Which type of school, college, or university am I?
a university with many constituent and affiliated institutions
Which type of school, college, or university am I?
a school for young people, usually between the ages of 11 and 18
Which type of school, college, or university am I?
a school, academic course, etc, held during the summer
Which type of school, college, or university am I?
(in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 5 and 7
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secondary school
British English: secondary school
/ˈsɛkəndrɪ ˌskuːl/ NOUN
A secondary school is a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18.
She taught history at a secondary school.
- American English: secondary school /ˈsɛkəndəri ˌskul/
- Arabic: مَدْرَسَةٌ ثَانَوِيَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: escola secundária
- Chinese: 中学
- Croatian: srednja škola
- Czech: střední škola
- Danish: skole for 12-18-årige
- Dutch: middelbare school
- European Spanish: escuela secundaria
- Finnish: yläaste ja lukio
- French: école secondaire
- German: Realschule
- Greek: γυμνάσιο
- Italian: scuola secondaria
- Japanese: 中学校
- Korean: 중등학교
- Norwegian: ungdomsskole
- Polish: szkoła średnia
- European Portuguese: escola secundária
- Romanian: liceu
- Russian: средняя школа
- Latin American Spanish: escuela secundaria
- Swedish: mellan- till högstadiet
- Thai: โรงเรียนชั้นมัธยม
- Turkish: ortaokul
- Ukrainian: середня школа
- Vietnamese: trường trung học
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