secondary school

noun
a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
Origin:
1825–35

Related forms
sec·ond·ar·y-school, adjective
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secondary school
 
—n
a school for young people, usually between the ages of 11 and 18

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