| 1. | a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten. |
| 2. | elementary school. |
| the lowest school giving formal instruction, teaching the rudiments of learning, and extending usually from six to eight years. |
| elementary school n.
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| primary school n.
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primary school
in many countries, an elementary school. It is the preferred term in such countries as Great Britain and France (French ecole primaire) and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. In the United States it is not a synonym but denotes only the first years of elementary education-specifically, kindergarten and grades 1 through 3.
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