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SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secondary modern school mean?
• SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL (noun)
The noun SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL has 1 sense:
1. a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
Familiarity information: SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("secondary modern 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)
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