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continuation school

continuation school noun: a school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.

Noun

continuation school (plural continuation schools)

  1. (dated) A school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.
    • If a boy enters mercantile life, he must for three years attend a continuation school organized by the Merchants' Association […]1913, United States, Office of Education, Bulletin, numbers 50-58, page 25

Forms of continuation school

pluralcontinuation schools

Questions about continuation school

What does continuation school mean?
Continuation school means a school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.
What part of speech is continuation school?
Continuation school is a noun.
What is the plural of continuation school?
The plural of continuation school is continuation schools.

Words near continuation school in the dictionary

  1. continuation days
  2. continuation line
  3. continuation lines
  4. continuation passing style
  5. continuation passing styles
  6. continuation school
  7. continuation schools
  8. Continuation War
  9. continuation-passing style
  10. continuation-passing styles
  11. continuational

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