high school

noun

1. a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.

high school

noun

1. another term for grammar school

2. a secondary school from grade 7 to grade 12

3. a secondary school, the grades covered depending on the province

Other Word Forms

• high school adjective
• high schooler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of high school¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Even the idea that real hourly earnings for the typical 25- to 54-year-old male with only a high school diploma fell depends entirely on measuring income from the middle of the 1970s.

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For high school, she decided to branch out even further, making the trek to an all-girls Catholic school in La Cañada Flintridge.

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Argyll and Bute Council decided earlier this year to build the new £43m school campus close to the current high school in Tobermory.

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There are some less fluffy bits, yes; mentions of Candy’s capacity to hold a grudge and his almost uncharacteristic desire to enlist in the Vietnam War after high school come up.

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Sitting in his Oklahoma City hotel room that night, Sasaki pulled up old video of his high school days and studied a delivery that, even then, enthralled evaluators around the sport.

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Related Words

• secondary school