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senior high school

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables
se-nior high- school
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A secondary education school for grades 11 and 12 (a continuation of junior high school), which consists of tracks, which some consist of strands.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

senior high schools (plural) SHS (alternative)

Synonyms

senior high high highschool high school

Questions

What does senior high school mean?
An institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.

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