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middle school

noun

  1. a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.



middle school

noun

  1. (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13 Compare first school

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle school1

First recorded in 1830–40
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His route that day called for stops at a middle school and a church in working-class Antioch, then Mendoza’s nonprofit in neighboring Brentwood.

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Continued federal immigration enforcement actions have disrupted lives across greater Los Angeles, including a middle school graduation where teachers and families were left hunkering down in fear.

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David Greenwood adored basketball so much in middle school that he would play for three different teams in three different parks on the same day, multiple times a week.

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It’s more active than ever with a newly accredited middle school, a summer intensive program, a tap festival and annual “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” holiday show.

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“In middle school, I had a social and comedic disadvantage because many of my friends knew all of Chespirito’s jokes and imitated the characters’ voices, and I couldn’t follow along,” Cruz Guerrero says.

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