HIGH SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high school mean? 

• HIGH SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun HIGH SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

  Familiarity information: HIGH SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

high; high school; highschool; senior high; senior high school

Context example:

he goes to the neighborhood highschool

Hypernyms ("high school" is a kind of...):

Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)

 Context examples 

He was professor of physics in the high school, possessor of a large family, a meagre salary, and a select fund of parrot-learned knowledge.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A satellite developed by junior high school children from Ubatuba, São Paulo state, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on Friday (Dec. 9).

(Satellite made by Brazilian junior high students launched in Japan, Agência Brasil)

Several researchers, including Alton Spencer, a high school student working with members of the TESS team, identified the error.

(NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World, NASA)

Indicates that a person has attended high school and has received a high school diploma.

(High School Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates a person has attended high school but did not complete high school and did not receive a high school diploma.

(Not High School Graduate, NCI Thesaurus)

Or possibly your child’s high school may call you in to inform you the school is demanding the entire student body have a drug test that day, with no waiting period.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Indicates that a person has received a General Equivalency Diploma in lieu of a high school diploma.

(General Equivalency Diploma Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

Of the 202 total deceased former players studied for the report, which included high school, college and professional players, 177 were diagnosed with CTE.

(Study: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players, VOA News)

According to a 2016 report by the US Surgeon General, 13.5 percent of middle school students, 37.7 percent of high school students and 35.8 percent of young adults (18 to 24 years of age) have used e-cigarettes, compared with 16.4 percent of older adults (25 years and up).

(Using Electronic Cigarettes Can Damage DNA, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience for Underrepresented Minorities Program (CURE) is a new strategy being implemented by the National Cancer Institute to expose minorities to cancer research at the high school and undergraduate levels.

(Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience for Underserved Minorities (CURE) Program, NCI Thesaurus)