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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
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • high school adjective
  • high schooler noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of high school1

First recorded in 1815–25
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When I was in high school, I danced at Bill Fowler’s Dance Academy in Medford, Mass. I did that for five years, and I loved it.

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Kling, who lost his home in the Palisades fire, is the winningest high school tennis coach in state history, having amassed more than 1,440 victories.

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She spent her high school years in L.A. but returned to New York City for “Gossip Girl.”

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The issue of discipline in education is a thorny one — from preschool to high school — and norms have been changing in recent years, driven in part by data that have illuminated who is suspended.

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At times, “it was like high school,” she said, with cliques and bickering.

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