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postprimary

postprimary adjective: after primary school.

Adjective

postprimary (not comparable)

  1. After primary school.
  2. After a primary election.
    • Barack Obama is having the first postprimary crisis, a moment in which the only conceivable response is: what was he thinking?2008 June 12, Gail Collins, “Barack’s Bad Day”, in New York Times

Origin of postprimary

From post- + primary.

Questions about postprimary

What does postprimary mean?
Postprimary means after primary school.
What part of speech is postprimary?
Postprimary is an adjective.

Words near postprimary in the dictionary

  1. postpresentation
  2. postpresidencies
  3. postpresidency
  4. postpresidential
  5. postpreview
  6. postprimary
  7. postprint
  8. postprints
  9. postprison
  10. postprobate
  11. postprobationary

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