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secondary school en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
    • One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town. 2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 77:
  2. (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.
  3. (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).

Forms

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Coordinates

tertiary-level education · primary school · tertiary education

Relateds

secondary modern · secondary education · postsecondary school · junior school · grammar school · middle school · comprehensive · national secondary school

Synonyms

high school

Translations (71)

ar ثَانَوِيَّة (school) · cy ysgol uwchradd (school) · ga ardscoil (school) · ja 中学校 (school) · bg средно (school) · eo mezlernejo (school) · gd àrd-sgoil (school) · ja 高校 (school) · it ginnasio (school) · fr lycée (school) · id sekolah lanjutan (school) · it liceo (lyceum) (school) · fa دبیرستان (school) · af hoërskool (school) · ro școală secundară (school) · sk stredná škola (school) · km សាលាទុតិយៈ (school) · za cunghyoz (school) · de Oberschule (school) · az dəbiristan (school) · af sekondêre skool (school) · lv vidusskola (school) · ga meánscoil (school) · mk средно училиште (school) · io gimnazio (school) · it liceo artistico (art lyceum) (school) · nl secundaire school (school) · pl szkoła średnia (school) · eo liceo (school) · is menntaskóli (school) · ht lekòl segondè (school) · tl mataas na paaralan (school) · nl school voor voortgezet onderwijs (school) · mnc ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡡ (school) · az orta məktəb (school) · nl middelbare school (school) · it liceo linguistico (school) · is framhaldsskóli (school) · lb Lycée (school) · eo gimnazio (school) · sw shule ya sekondari (school) · pt liceu (school) · vi trường trung học (school) · ar مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة (school) · pt secundária (school) · es escuela secundaria (school) · id sekolah menengah (school) · fi yläaste ja lukio (school) · ro gimnaziu (school) · ms sekolah menengah (school) · ro liceu (school) · sw shule ya upili (school) · sw sekondari (school) · it liceo classico (school) · it liceo scientifico (school) · hu középiskola (school) · fr école secondaire (school) · fr collège (school) · tl paaralang sekundaryo (school) · es secundaria (school) · bg гимназия (school) · de Mittelschule (school) · bg средно училище (school) · km អនុវិទ្យាល័យ (school) · it scuola superiore (school) · tl sekundarya (school) · el λύκειο (school) · cmn 中學 /中学 (school) · it scuola secondaria (school) · ru сре́дняя шко́ла (school) · kxd skulah menengah (school)