PRIMARY SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary school mean? 

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

1. a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

elementary school; grade school; grammar school; primary school

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

school (an educational institution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "primary school"):

junior school (British school for children aged 7-11)

infant school (British school for children aged 5-7)

 Context examples 

In this study, 49 primary school pupils were assessed.

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)