vocational school
noun
: a school in which people learn how to do a job that requires special skills
He went to a vocational school to learn auto repair.
Examples of vocational school in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The corps provides members with opportunities to finish their GED, attend college or vocational school, and meet with employers.
—
Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Venice residents had the highest educational levels, with 35% reporting some college or vocational school compared with about 20% in Hollywood and on Skid Row.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Ronaldo lives at the City of Portsmouth College, an academic and vocational school for 16- to 18-year-olds in southern England, where the snake is used to help train students about how to care for animals.
—Elysee Barakett, NBC News, 2 July 2024
Twenty-one students from the Bronx Design and Construction Academy, a vocational school in the South Bronx, rode the Metro-North Railroad to Grand Central to meet with some of the tradespeople that work on the 111-year-old building.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
In a similar attack in 2008, student Matti Saari, shot nine students and one staff member at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, in Northwest Finland.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Finland faces massive strikes over government benefits cuts as farmer protests erupt across Europe
03:24
A year later, in 2008, Matti Saari, another student, opened fire at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, located in northwest Finland.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
First Factory Born in the eastern coastal province of Shandong, Wang studied electric traction and transmission control in Beijing before the government assigned him to teach at a vocational school.
—Pui Gwen Yeung, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
Related: Wu, Skipper propose big changes to BPS high schools
The proposal would solve two of the district’s most pressing high school problems: The city’s sole vocational school badly needs a redesign, and demand for exam school seats is intense.
—Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Venice residents had the highest educational levels, with 35% reporting some college or vocational school compared with about 20% in Hollywood and on Skid Row.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Ronaldo lives at the City of Portsmouth College, an academic and vocational school for 16- to 18-year-olds in southern England, where the snake is used to help train students about how to care for animals.
—Elysee Barakett, NBC News, 2 July 2024
Twenty-one students from the Bronx Design and Construction Academy, a vocational school in the South Bronx, rode the Metro-North Railroad to Grand Central to meet with some of the tradespeople that work on the 111-year-old building.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
In a similar attack in 2008, student Matti Saari, shot nine students and one staff member at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, in Northwest Finland.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Finland faces massive strikes over government benefits cuts as farmer protests erupt across Europe
03:24
A year later, in 2008, Matti Saari, another student, opened fire at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, located in northwest Finland.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
First Factory Born in the eastern coastal province of Shandong, Wang studied electric traction and transmission control in Beijing before the government assigned him to teach at a vocational school.
—Pui Gwen Yeung, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
Related: Wu, Skipper propose big changes to BPS high schools
The proposal would solve two of the district’s most pressing high school problems: The city’s sole vocational school badly needs a redesign, and demand for exam school seats is intense.
—Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
Dictionary Entries Near vocational school
Cite this Entry
“Vocational school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vocational%20school. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share