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Definition of "secondary school" [secondary school]

  • A school that is intermediate in level between elementary school and college and that usually offers general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory curricula. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "secondary school" in a sentence
  • "At St. Etheldreda's in London and at Whitwick, Rugby, and Bexhill they have girls 'and infants' schools, at Cardiff, two houses, one for visiting the sick and aiding the poor, and the other a secondary school and pupil-teachers 'centre."
  • "She teaches science at a secondary school in West Trinidad."