Moderations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Almost immediately after reaching college I was "in the Schools" for "Moderations," but did very well, as I had employed every available moment in preparing myself.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
He had managed to achieve a second class in Moderations, and he had now in view a term of cricket whose energy might fortunately be crowned with a blue.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
With my first in Moderations I might find some post as an usher in a small school.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
In 1862 he took a 1st class in Classical Moderations, and 1st Literæ Humaniores, 1864.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter
In 1876 he took a First Class in Classical Moderations, always a sufficient proof of sound learning, and, in 1878, he took a First Class in Literae Humaniores.
From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome
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