Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

free school

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.37 in modern English

Syllables: free school
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An educational institution that provides tuition-free schooling, often with greater autonomy than traditional government oversight; a public school.

noun

An alternative school focusing on student freedom, democratic self-governance, and self-directed learning, often operating outside traditional curriculum constraint.

Example Sentences

"The Germans had a free school, rather like King Alfred School, in London. A school with co-education, much freedom, no punishments, no rewards. But it contended that the school must mould the child."

Inflected Forms

free schools (plural)

Phrases

free school movement

Frequently Paired Words

free school movement

Synonyms

state school

Questions

What does free school mean?: An educational institution that provides tuition-free schooling, often with greater autonomy than traditional government oversight; a public school.

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