Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, India, New Zealand, Philippines, UK, countable, sometimes, uncountable)A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.

    The child's mother was tearful as he boarded the bus for his first day of primary school.

    My primary school is a good place to study.

    Grundschule, Volksschule

    семиле́ткаsemilétka, нача́льная шко́лаnačálʹnaja škóla

    початкова школаpočatkova škola

More definitions
  • a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

Examples

70 sentences
  1. Tom is a primary school teacher.

    deTom ist Grundschullehrer. — raggione

  2. Tom is still in primary school.

  3. I went to primary school in Boston.

    deDie Grundschule habe ich in Boston besucht. — raggione

  4. That primary school has a strong soccer team.

    deDiese Grundschule hat eine starke Fußballmannschaft. — al_ex_an_der

  5. I know Tom is a primary school teacher.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
first formal, obligatory school:
Русский
By meaning 1
first formal, obligatory school:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
first formal, obligatory school:

Forms

plural: primary schools
Singularprimary school
Pluralprimary schools

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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