secondary school
A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and…A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
» Tom is a secondary school teacher.
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3 senses(Hong Kong, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
Mittelschule, Oberschule
сре́дняя шко́лаsrédnjaja škóla
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.
(Singapore, countable, uncountable)Middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia).
Examples
108 sentencesTom is a secondary school teacher.
Tom and Mary are secondary school teachers.
"All secondary schools are the same," I thought to myself.
She used to play football for her secondary school football team.
ruРаньше она играла в футбол в команде своей средней школы. — Ooneykcall
When I was at secondary school, I would get up at six in the morning.
Коли я вчилася у старших класах, я вставала о шостій ранку. — deniko
deAls ich in der High School war, stand ich um sechs Uhr morgens auf. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Forms
plural: secondary schools| Singular | secondary school |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12:lyceumlyceeGymnasiummiddle school
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable