Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary modern

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ondary -mod-ern
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

secondary moderns (plural)

Questions

What does secondary modern mean?
In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.

How to pronounce secondary modern

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