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secondary school
noun
: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
Examples of secondary school in a Sentence
a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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The Musk Foundation set aside nearly $100 million via a non-profit called the X Foundation that will build the initial primary and secondary school, and eventually open a university, should all go well, according to the non-profit’s filings.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
School buses then made their way to the secondary school around 4:45 p.m.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2024
All twelve of Gaza’s universities, and some eighty-five per cent of its primary and secondary schools, have been irrevocably damaged.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
secondary school
noun
: a school for students above elementary or grammar school level and below college level
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