grammar school
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈɡræmə skuːl/
- Archaic
:
escuela secundaria
- Thomas Gainsborough and Robert Andrews went to the same local grammar school at the same time, but they were not equals or indeed friends.
- secondary grammar school
So I went SAT for a scholarship to a grammar school where they did teach mathematics.
- So I went SAT for a scholarship to a grammar school where they did teach mathematics.
- You know, I think when I was, I went to grammar school, I think I was about the only kid on our estate that did.
- I mean, I got a big crush on a girl who's at grammar school, but it didn't work.
- This is how my grandmother greeted me when I came home from grammar school.
- There were times so my brother and I went to a fee paying private school, grammar school.
- I think, you know, our teachers in schools today, grammar schools, high schools, colleges, they're not teaching history.
- I remember back in grammar school we used to have rap groups and I had to write the raps for all the rap groups.
- But going to grammar school and going to the YMCA raised my limits because I met other people who've done other things and they felt I could.
Examples
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I attended a Catholic grammar school, so I was required to wear a uniform.
Blog text (19) -
"But in spite of her difficulties, she graduated from grammar school in 1920 with honors.
Academic text (1995) -
I actually went to grammar school with his brother.
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My brother was sent to grammar school.
Blog text (3) -
When I was in grammar school, the teacher took me aside one day and said,
Fiction book (1996) -
After Catholic grammar school and high school, I went to St. Mary's College.
Academic text (1998) -
He, he went to grammar school, St Malkis, which is a great school on the Antrim Road in north Belfast.
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As this experience illustrates, deciding whether girls should continue beyond grammar school often involved relatives and neighbors, who frequently voiced strong opposition.
Academic text (1995) -
After 1996, according to the results of recent school experiments, most competent children will leave primary schools after Grade 4 to attend an eight-year secondary school (usually grammar school, the secondary school that prepares for university entrance).
Academic text (1995) -
I attended a Catholic grammar school, so I was required to wear a uniform.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
grammar + school
The compound clearly identifies a kind of school (the head noun 'school' is transparent), so learners will expect an educational institution. However, the modifier 'grammar' (rules of language) does not directly signal the specific age range or function, and regional/historical senses (UK selective secondary vs US elementary) make the exact meaning unpredictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Grammar school comes from old schools where students learned grammar, the rules of Latin and Greek, to get ready for university. So the name came to mean a secondary school that focused on classical languages.