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noun
a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
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Origin of middle school
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby middle school
Middle Persian, Middle River, Middlesborough, Middlesbrough, middlescence, middle school, Middlesex, middle-sized, Middle States, Middle Stone Age, middle stump
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British Dictionary definitions for middle school
middle school
noun
(in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13Compare first school
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