grammar school

2. Chiefly British A secondary or preparatory school.

3. A school stressing the study of classical languages.

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grammar school

1. (Education) Brit (esp formerly) a state-maintained secondary school providing an education with an academic bias for children who are selected by the eleven-plus examination, teachers' reports, or other means. Compare secondary modern school, comprehensive school

2. (Education) US another term for elementary school

3. (Education) Austral a private school, esp one controlled by a church

4. (Education) NZ a secondary school forming part of the public education system

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gram′mar school`

1. an elementary school.

2. Brit. a secondary school corresponding to a U.S. high school.

3. a secondary school in which Latin and Greek are among the principal subjects taught.

grammar school

In the United States this means an elementary school; in the United Kingdom it means a secondary school with a particularly academic curriculum.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	grammar school - a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college Gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
	2.	grammar school - a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades elementary school, grade school, primary school school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" junior school - British school for children aged 7-11 infant school - British school for children aged 5-7

Translations

مدرسه ابتدائيّهنَوع مِن المَدارِس الثّانويه

gymnáziumzákladní škola

grundskolegymnasieskole

Gymnasium Mittelschule

école primaire lycée

általános iskola

grunnskóliríkisrekinn framhaldsskóli

ginnasio liceo scuola classica scuola elementare scuola secondaria

gym

gymnas latinskole

gymnázium

gimnazija

ilkokul lise

初级中学小学普通中学

grammar school

n (Brit) → ˜ Gymnasium nt; (US) → ˜ Mittelschule f (Stufe zwischen Grundschule und Höherer Schule)

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grammar school

n (Brit) → liceo

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grammar

(ˈgrӕmə) noun

1. the rules for forming words and for combining words to form sentences. He's an expert on French grammar.

2. a description or collection of the rules of grammar. Could you lend me your Latin grammar?; (also adjective) a grammar book.

3. a person's use of grammatical rules. This essay is full of bad grammar.

gramˈmatical (-ˈmӕ-) adjective

1. (negative ungrammatical) correct according to the rules of grammar. a grammatical sentence.

2. of (a) grammar. a grammatical rule.

gramˈmatically adverb

grammar school

1. a type of secondary school.

2. (American) a primary school.

grammar ends in -ar (not -er).

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"Good-by, then, and remember me to the grammar schools, to the high schools, and even to the colleges if you meet them on the way."

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I had gone through the grammar school long ago, so I entered the Oakland High School.

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Then, although his father and mother could neither of them write themselves, they decided that their children should be taught, so William was sent to the Grammar School. He was, I think, fonder of the blue sky and the slow-flowing river and the deep dark woods that grew about his home that of the low-roofed schoolroom.

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Humorous half-columns in the local papers, written in the customary silly way by unlicked cub reporters just out of grammar school, tickled the fancy of San Francisco for a fleeting moment in that the steamship Mariposa had rescued some sea-waifs possessed of a cock-and-bull story that not even the reporters believed.

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"Is he at the head of a grammar school, then, this clergyman, such as that at Market Bewley?" said Mr.

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At fifteen she had graduated from grammar school and gone to work in the jute mills for four dollars a week, three of which she had paid to Sarah.

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The new master came from a grammar school; and before he entered on his duties, dined in the parlour one day, to be introduced to Steerforth.

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Pupils are slightly better in maths than Slovak language, tests showed.Ninth-graders and their peers from eight-year grammar schools are slightly better in maths than in the Slovak language.

Primary vs. grammar schools: Which pupils scored better in testing?

GREATER Manchester grammar schools have dominated The Sunday Times annual schools guide.

Grammar schools are at the top of the class

GRAMMAR schools in Birmingham continue to under-serve deprived pupils, with fewer than seven students in every 100 coming from the poorest backgrounds.

Grammars continue to under-serve deprived pupils

Opposition Conservatives called on the council to encourage the expansion of Birmingham's already successful grammar schools, and offer more places to children in the city.

Chiefs under fire over grammar cash 'snub'

But ruling Labour councillors blocked the move, saying they want investment across all types of school, arguing grammar schools predominantly help middle class children.

Birmingham turns its back on cash for grammar school expansion; Labour bosses say grammar schools reduce social mobility and widen achievement gap