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highschool

highschool is the alternative form of high school.

Meaning of high school

Noun

high school (countable and uncountable, plural high schools)

  1. An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.
  2. (Australia, Canada, Scotland, US) A secondary school.
  3. (Philippines) A secondary education school, consisting of junior high school and senior high school (grades 7-12)
  4. (Philippines, historical) A secondary education school for years 1-4 (now junior high school)

Forms of highschool

pluralhighschools

Words formed from highschool

Questions about highschool

What is highschool the alternative form of?
Highschool is the alternative form of high school.

Words near highschool in the dictionary

  1. highroad
  2. highroads
  3. highrun
  4. highruns
  5. highs
  6. highschool
  7. highschoolboy
  8. highschoolboys
  9. highschooler
  10. highschoolers
  11. highschoolgirl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: highschool (page history and authors); high school (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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