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elementary school

noun

  1. the lowest school giving formal instruction, teaching the rudiments of learning, and extending usually from six to eight years.



elementary school

noun

  1. a former name for primary school

  2. Also called (in the US): grade school grammar schoola state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education

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Word History and Origins

Origin of elementary school1

First recorded in 1835–45

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