primary school
noun
a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
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Origin of primary school
First recorded in 1795–1805
Words nearby primary school
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Example sentences from the Web for primary school
There seemed to be no disagreement on the question of educating boys and girls of primary-school age together.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
British Dictionary definitions for primary school
primary school
noun
(in Britain) a school for children below the age of 11. It is usually divided into an infant and a junior section
(in the US and Canada) a school equivalent to the first three or four grades of elementary school, sometimes including a kindergarten
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