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opportunity class

opportunity class noun: a separate primary-school class for teaching gifted children.

Noun

opportunity class (plural opportunity classes)

  1. (Australia) A separate primary-school class for teaching gifted children.
  2. (historical) A separate class for teaching backward children.
    • Opportunity classes. — These are classes for retarded overgrown pupils. Many of these children come to our city from rural areas where their education has been irregular.1944, United States. Congress. House, Hearings, volume 9, page 361
    • Mildly retarded children, who are usually termed "educable mentally retarded" formed the largest group of handicapped children in Alberta. Most of them attended "Opportunity Classes".1969, Alberta. Dept. of Education, Annual Report of the Department of Education, page 78

Synonyms of opportunity class

Forms of opportunity class

pluralopportunity classes

Questions about opportunity class

What does opportunity class mean?
Opportunity class means a separate primary-school class for teaching gifted children.
What part of speech is opportunity class?
Opportunity class is a noun.
What is the plural of opportunity class?
The plural of opportunity class is opportunity classes.

Words near opportunity class in the dictionary

  1. opportunists
  2. opportunities
  3. opportunitroph
  4. opportunitrophs
  5. opportunity
  6. opportunity class
  7. opportunity classes
  8. opportunity comes knocking
  9. opportunity cost
  10. opportunity costs
  11. opportunity knocks

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