elementary school
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elementary school
n.
1. A school for the first four to eight years of a child's formal education, often including kindergarten.
2. The first four to eight years of a child's formal education. Also called grade school, grammar school, primary school.
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elementary school
n
1. (Education) Brit a former name for primary school
2. (Education) Also called (in the US): grade school or grammar school US and Canadian a state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education
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elemen′tary school`
n.
a school giving instructions in rudimentary subjects in six to eight grades, often with a kindergarten.
[1835–45]
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elementary school
A school for the first six or eight grades in a child’s education.
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| Noun | 1. |  elementary school - a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 gradesschool - 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 |
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Translations
základní škola
grundskole
ala-astealakouluperuskoulu
osnovna škola
általános iskola
小学校
초등학교
osnovna šola
grundskolalågstadiet
โรงเรียนชั้นประถมโรงเรียนระดับประถมศึกษา
trường phổ thông cơ sởtrường tiểu học
elementary school
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