secondary school

Meaning

1. (Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
2. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.
3. (Singapore, countable, uncountable) Middle school; junior high school; a school that one attends between the ages of 12-17 (equivalent of grades 7-10 in North America, and years 7-10 in Australia).

Synonyms

high school

lycee

academy

lyceum

middle school

Gymnasium

high school

grammar school

secondary education

finished elementary school

secondary modern school

grammar school

secondary line

big school

defensive backs

gymnasium

gym

junior high school

Translations

liceo

collège

lycée

middelbare school

école secondaire

Mittelschule

Hauptschule

scuola media

institut

ensino secundário

scuola secondaria

Sekundarschule

Gymnasium

λύκειο

enseignement secondaire

Sentences

Delta High School serves the entire district as its lone secondary school .

Wetzel taught at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School for several years .