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Secondary school

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university. Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

    "One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town."

  2. 2
    a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 wordnet
  3. 3
    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. Canada, US, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    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). Singapore, countable, uncountable

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