grammar school
A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education,…A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
» Tom is not a grammar school pupil.
Tom ist kein Gymnasiast. — wolfgangth
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3 senses(UK, countable, uncountable)A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
Gymnasium
(US, countable, rare, regional, uncountable)Elementary school.
a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek.
a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
Examples
3 sentencesTom is not a grammar school pupil.
deTom ist kein Gymnasiast. — wolfgangth
The grammar school has a sports hall.
deDas Gymnasium hat eine Turnhalle. — MUIRIEL
Grammar school is where little kids learn the basics: reading, writing and math.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English gramere scole.Inherited from Middle English gramere scole.
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Forms
plural: grammar schools| Singular | grammar school |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades:grade schoolelementary schoolprimary school
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.