composite school

American

noun

(in Canada) a secondary school offering academic, commercial, and industrial subjects.

composite school British

noun

a secondary school offering both academic and nonacademic courses

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Etymology

Origin of composite school

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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The Bologna was in fact a "Composite" school.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

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