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primary school

n.
1. A school usually including the first three or four grades of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
2. See elementary school.
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primary school

n
1. (Education) (in Britain) a school for children below the age of 11. It is usually divided into an infant and a junior section
2. (Education) (in the US and Canada) a school equivalent to the first three or four grades of elementary school, sometimes including a kindergarten
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pri′mary school`


n.
an elementary school, esp. one covering the first three or four grades and sometimes kindergarten.
[1795–1805]
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primary school

In the United States, an elementary school for the first three or four grades; in the United Kingdom, a school for children under the age of eleven.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.primary school - a school for young childrenprimary school - a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
elementary school, grade school, grammar 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
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Translations
základní škola
grundskole
ala-aste
osnovna škola
általános iskola
小学校
초등학교
osnovna šola
lågstadiet
โรงเรียนชั้นประถม
trường phổ thông cơ sở

primary school

n (Brit) → scuola elementare or primaria (dai 5 agli 11 anni)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

primary school

→ مَدْرَسَةٌ إِبْتِدَائِيَّة základní škola grundskole Grundschule δημοτικό σχολείο escuela primaria ala-aste école primaire osnovna škola scuola elementare 小学校 초등학교 basisschool grunnskole szkoła podstawowa escola primária начальная школа lågstadiet โรงเรียนชั้นประถม ilkokul trường phổ thông cơ sở 小学
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