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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 Word Forms

  • high school adjective
  • high schooler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high school1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Significantly overweight from comforting herself with food, she was never adopted, according to Florida Weekly, instead getting hooked on drugs when she was in high school.

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In high school and college, I was aware that there was this greater format to see the films, but being from the Midwest, I didn’t really have the means.

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Jake Lang, who spent years in jail while contending with multiple charges for violence during the Capitol riot, is making a racist spectacle of a high school murder case in Texas.

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A mother is on mission to make high school proms more affordable after her daughter missed two events due to Covid.

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Many Southern California high school football programs have distinguished roll calls when it comes to alumni who have made it to the NFL, but one of those schools achieved something remarkable Thursday night.

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