grammar school

grammar school

n.1. See elementary school.2. Chiefly British A secondary or preparatory school.3. A school stressing the study of classical languages.

grammar school

n 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

gram′mar school`

n. 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grammar school - a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for collegeGymnasium, 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 gradeselementary school, grade school, primary schoolschool - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"junior school - British school for children aged 7-11infant school - British school for children aged 5-7

Translations

初级中学小学普通中学

grammar

(ˈgrӕmə) noun1. the rules for forming words and for combining words to form sentences. He's an expert on French grammar. 語法 语法2. a description or collection of the rules of grammar. Could you lend me your Latin grammar?; (also adjective) a grammar book. 語法書 语法书3. a person's use of grammatical rules. This essay is full of bad grammar. 語法知識應用 语法知识gramˈmatical (-ˈmӕ-) adjective1. (negative ungrammatical) correct according to the rules of grammar. a grammatical sentence. 符合語法的 符合语法规则的2. of (a) grammar. a grammatical rule. 語法的 语法的gramˈmatically adverb 語法上 语法上grammar school1. a type of secondary school. 普通中學 普通中学，]初级中学 2. (American) a primary school. (美國)小學 （美国）小学

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grammar ends in -ar (not -er).