middle school
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈmɪdəl skuːl/
- US
:
escuela intermedia
- For many general music students, their middle school music class may be a "terminal" experience in school music.
- middle school students
- middle school teacher
- middle school class
You're labeled class clown in middle school and in high school.
- You're labeled class clown in middle school and in high school.
- They were designated rooms in our middle schools for computers.
- Typical, you know, middle school cutesy stuff, right?
- Got made fun of through elementary school, middle school, and high school too.
- It's what middle school girls worry about.
- Dude, bro, high school and middle school dances were insane.
- So it's basically quizzing famous people on like middle school level knowledge.
- But as I got into middle school, kids change.
- I was cuz I was in middle school, North middle school.
- So then we are all in middle school or about to be in middle school.
- And he works as AIT guy at a middle school, a local middle school.
- So it would have been later, like middle school, high school, whatever.
Examples
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All students attended the same urban public middle school and continued with the school's standard curriculum and instruction.
Academic text (2011) -
The students were taught by two experienced middle school teachers who worked together regularly on curriculum.
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So when he was in middle school, it was easier for him.
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It's what middle school girls worry about.
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But as I got into middle school, kids change.
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I was so upset when my middle school teacher said that.
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Look, my daughter got into music in middle school.
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We have the best job in the world; we teach middle school general music.
Academic text (2011) -
Our structured, guided, and product-oriented approach helped introduce the middle school students to the nature of college.
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In middle school, students begin to explore their interests more seriously.
Synonyms
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2.0
A school for students around 12 to 14 years old before high school
28
1.8
A school for students aged about 12 to 15 after elementary school
How Advanced
∞
1.0
- US
∞
1.0
- US
103
1.4
15
1.0
12
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school for children between elementary and high school' is directly and compositionally derived from 'middle' (intermediate) + 'school' (educational institution). This is a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern (an intermediate-level school), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Middle school comes from the simple idea of a middle place in a child's schooling. It is a school between 'elementary school' and 'high school', so the term means a school for children in those middle years.