high school

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

Origin of high school

1
First recorded in 1815–25

Other words from high school

  • high school, adjective
  • high schooler, noun

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How to use high school in a sentence

  • Sounded like a chemical they might filch from the highschool laboratory.

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British Dictionary definitions for high school

high school

noun
  1. British another term for grammar school

  2. US and NZ a secondary school from grade 7 to grade 12

  1. Canadian a secondary school, the grades covered depending on the province

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