trade school
8
3.0
- noun
- /treɪd skuːl/
:
escuela técnica
- After finishing high school, she decided to enroll in a trade school to learn plumbing.
- college and trade school
- technical and trade schools
- community and trade schools
And our our prison system should be only trade schools.
- And our our prison system should be only trade schools.
- Jordan Peterson is saying now send your kids to trade school.
- Yeah, so I'm I'm in a trade school to be an electrician and I'm in my last quarter.
Examples
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At the time I was using them, we had a relative who was in trade school living with us.
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I just finished trade school this summer, and I can't find work anywhere. Why?
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A large trade school in our area closed down a couple of years ago.
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And can anyone tell me what a trade school is?
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One man said his high school adviser had told him the best he could hope for was trade school.
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They say I ought to spend a couple of years as an apprentice or go to a trade school.
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Even the brighter students who receive scholarships often attend trade school and not college.
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She wanted me to go to trade school and become a TV repairman.
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Yeah, so I'm I'm in a trade school to be an electrician and I'm in my last quarter.
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Total Air & Heat employs highly skilled technicians who have attended trade schools to learn "proper" installation and repair techniques.
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Synonyms
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3.3
A school that teaches practical skills for jobs with machines and electronics
5
3.0
A school where students learn practical skills for a specific job
4
3.5
Education that teaches practical skills for a job or trade
4
3.2
A school that teaches practical skills for jobs like car repair or computer work
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3.1
A school that teaches useful job skills like cooking or car repair
How Vocational
24
3.5
8
3.0
4
3.2
- Archaic
3
6.7
- US
15
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'trade' (an occupation or skilled work) + 'school' (an educational institution) clearly yields a school for vocational trades, so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and is therefore immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Trade school: The name trade school comes from the words trade meaning 'a skilled job' like carpentry, plumbing or electrical work and school meaning 'a place to learn'. So a trade school is a school where students learn hands-on skills for those jobs.