Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

big school

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables: big school
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

secondary school.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?""
"She had only just started at big school, and she wasn’t used to getting into trouble. She had never done anything wrong at her little school, and even the thought of doing something wrong frightened her."

Etymology

So called because the bigger (older) children attend.

Usage

Inflected Forms

big schools (plural)

Questions

What does big school mean?: secondary school.
Where does big school come from?: So called because the bigger (older) children attend.

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