GCSEnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌdʒiː.siː.esˈiː/us/ˌdʒiː.siː.esˈiː/UKGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education: a system of public exams taken in various subjects from the age of about 16, or one of these exams, or a qualification from this system:
I'm taking six subjects for GCSE.
Owen is retaking two of his GCSEs.
She's got nine GCSEs, all at grade A.
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Qualifications: school & vocational
- A level
- A2
- AS level
- baccalaureate
- certificate
- certified
- credential
- diploma
- GCE
- GED
- General Equivalency Diploma
- higher
- HND
- HSC
- NVQ
- O level
- Ordinary level
- Vantage
- Waystage
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