Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

senior school

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: se-nior school
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secondary school

British usage

Example Sentences

"The plaque is dedicated to Sir Henry Fowler (1870-1938), locomotive engineer and Chief Mechanical Engineer at both the Midland (from 1909) and LMS (from 1925). He was born and raised in the town, and attended the same senior school (Prince Henry's) as I did."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

senior schools (plural)

Phrases

grammar school junior school middle school primary school secondary modern secondary school

Frequently Paired Words

comprehensive grammar school junior school middle school primary school secondary modern secondary school

Questions

What does senior school mean?: A secondary school

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