Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juniors

/dʒˈunjɚz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: ju-niors
IPA: /dʒˈunjɚz/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of junior

noun

The section of a primary school for the education of older children, typically the years (grades) three to six.

Australian usage; British usage

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of junior

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: junior school"
"It was around the time I moved from infants to juniors, which was based in a different building, so it felt like going to big school."
"Although of course we did harder work in the juniors than we did in infants, there were still times when we relaxed and just enjoyed ourselves."

Usage

Australian usage
British usage

Frequently Paired Words

infants

Synonyms

Key Stage 2 junior school

Questions

How do you pronounce juniors?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˈunjɚz/.
What does juniors mean?: plural of junior

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