SECONDARY SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secondary school mean? 

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

1. a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECONDARY SCHOOL (noun)

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Meaning:

A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school

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

school (an educational institution)

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

academy (a secondary school (usually private))

trade school; vocational school (a secondary school teaching the skilled trades)

high; high school; highschool; senior high; senior high school (a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12)

junior high; junior high school (a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades)

prep school; preparatory school (a private secondary school)

public school (private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition)

grammar school (a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college)

secondary modern school (a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education)

composite school; comprehensive school (a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities)

 Context examples 

A secondary school that usually includes grades 9 through 12.

(High School, NCI Thesaurus)

A bachelor's degree in education awarded to students seeking training to become teachers in primary and secondary schools.

(Bachelor of Education, NCI Thesaurus)