Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tripartite system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: tri-par-tite sys-tem
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The division of state-funded secondary education into three types of school: grammar school, secondary technical school, and secondary modern school; used between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. Performance in the 11-plus examination determined which type of school a student would attend.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

the tripartite system (canonical)

Questions

What does tripartite system mean?: The division of state-funded secondary education into three types of school: grammar school, secondary technical school, and secondary modern school; used between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. Performance in the 11-plus examination determined which type of school a student would attend.

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