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interschool

interschool

3.9
Held between two or more schools, often for competitions
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈskuːl/
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  • The annual interschool sports event encourages teamwork and friendly rivalry among students from various schools.

Examples

  • The interschool debate competition brought together students from five different schools to showcase their speaking skills.

  • It was more important for elementary school children but less important for interschool and elite participants.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Physical competence was the fourth-ranked reason overall and was especially important for females, samplers, and interschool competitors.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In the case of the two Staten Island schools mentioned in the Ellis Island project, it was the Library Connections mentor Bonnie Magee who fostered the idea of interschool collaboration.

    Academic text (2006)

  • During the interschool art exhibition, students displayed their creativity and talent in front of judges and peers.

Synonyms

interscholastic
vsinterschool
  • US
1 7.4

Happens between high schools, often for sports or other competitions

is broader, used for events between two or more schools
intermural
vsinterschool
8.2

Happening between several schools or colleges for competitions

is specific to schools rather than any institutions

Surface Forms

interschool positive

Morphology

interschool = school (transparent) = inter + school

Meaning 'between schools' is directly and productively formed by the prefix 'inter-' plus 'school', matching common usage for competitions and events.

Etymology

Interschool is made from the part inter- meaning 'between' and the word school. Think of international, where inter- means 'between nations', so interschool means things that happen 'between schools', like competitions or events.