secondary school

noun

: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses

Examples of secondary school in a Sentence

a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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The committee also pushed back on Lamont over the Education Cost Sharing grant, the main funding program to support local elementary and secondary school operating expenses. Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025 The four-part series, which explores complex issues such as toxic masculinity and the dangers of online radicalization, is set to be made freely accessible to secondary school pupils through a partnership between Netflix and the Into Film+ streaming service. Thomas Smith, Billboard, 8 May 2025 From 2016 through 2023, a total of 117 educators died by suicide, mostly primary and secondary school teachers. Taylor Cox, The Conversation, 5 May 2025 This global ambition extends to education, with the National Theatre Collection now available in 90% of U.K. state secondary schools and expanding to 200 schools in New York City, with plans to reach more U.S. schools over the next three years. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secondary school

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of secondary school was in 1835

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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

secondary school

noun
: a school for students above elementary or grammar school level and below college level

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