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6th form

6th form is the alternative form of sixth form.

Meaning of sixth form

Noun

sixth form (countable and uncountable, plural sixth forms)

  1. (UK except Scotland) The final two years of secondary education, during which students of about 16 to 18 years of age prepare for their A-level examinations or equivalent qualifications.
    • Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form.
      Maister: What a thing is this?
      N: He is sick in bed.
      M: How do you know?
      N: One of the scholars in his house told me so.1653, Corderius, Colloquia scholastica Anglo-Latina, […] 1653, page 220
  2. a sixth form college.

Forms of 6th form

plural6th forms

Questions about 6th form

What is 6th form the alternative form of?
6th form is the alternative form of sixth form.

Words near 6th form in the dictionary

  1. 6NF
  2. 6NFs
  3. 6s
  4. 6th
  5. 6th Cir.
  6. 6th form
  7. 6th forms
  8. 6th grade
  9. 6th grader
  10. 6th graders
  11. 6th of October

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