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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 schooler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high school1

First recorded in 1815–25
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A look at the top 20 high school softball teams in the Southland, as ranked by CalHiSports.

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A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland by The Times after the 2025 playoffs.

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He’s also glad he decided to play high school baseball after being home-schooled.

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A classic example often taught in high school biology classes is that of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, a British species tha looks, well, "peppered," with black dots on a mostly white background.

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Gryphon Woodson, a new high school graduate, grabbed a pair of goggles and a black bandanna to cover her face.

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