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key stages

key stages is the plural of key stage.

Meaning of key stage

Noun

key stage (plural key stages)

  1. (Ireland, UK) Any of the sequential stages of attainment in the state education system of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar, specifying the knowledge expected of students at various ages.

Noun capitalized: Key Stages

Key Stages

  1. (plural) plural of Key Stage

Questions about key stages

What is key stages the plural of?
Key stages is the plural of key stage.
What part of speech is key stages?
Key stages is a noun.

Words near key stages in the dictionary

  1. key signature
  2. key signatures
  3. key spoke
  4. key spokes
  5. key stage
  6. key stages
  7. key stretching
  8. key to the city
  9. key to the door
  10. key to the kingdom
  11. key to the midway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: key stages (page history and authors); Key Stages (page history and authors); key stage (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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