Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary school

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ondary school
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town."

Usage

Inflected Forms

secondary schools (plural)

Phrases

national secondary school postsecondary school secondary education secondary modern grammar school junior school middle school

Frequently Paired Words

national secondary school postsecondary school secondary education secondary modern comprehensive grammar school junior school middle school

Synonyms

high school lyceum lycee gymnasium middle school

Questions

What does secondary school mean?: A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.

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