Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A secondary school that usually includes grades 9 or 10 through 12.

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  • noun education An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.
  • noun secondary school (used in this way in parts of Australia and Canada)

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  • noun a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

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Examples

  • Frankie Wright, 43 years old, recently landed two part-time jobs in Chicago, another city with a highly educated work force, with the help of Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc. Ms. Wright, a high school dropout, works at a local grocer and for a community watch group in the mornings and afternoons, ensuring that high school students enter and leave a local school without inc ident and reporting any problems to police.

    Close Does Count When It Comes to Jobs, Education Sara Murray 2010

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  • Last night I had a nightmare that I was back in high school, having just returned from spring break with a mysterious case of amnesia. I was freaking out because I had no idea what classes I was supposed to be in, or where they were located on a campus that had rearranged itself over the break. Like a cheesy adventure game, I began with only the books in my backpack to indicate where I was supposed to be, with no friends, and the deadline to be in my seat by the ring of the bell. A truly horrible dream.

    March 4, 2007

  • Yikes! Sounds like my recurring academic mayhem dream.

    March 5, 2007