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secondary modern

secondary modern noun: in the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.

Noun

secondary modern (plural secondary moderns)

  1. (UK) In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.

Forms of secondary modern

pluralsecondary moderns

Questions about secondary modern

What does secondary modern mean?
Secondary modern means in the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.
What part of speech is secondary modern?
Secondary modern is a noun.
What is the plural of secondary modern?
The plural of secondary modern is secondary moderns.

Words near secondary modern in the dictionary

  1. secondary market
  2. secondary markets
  3. secondary memory
  4. secondary metabolite
  5. secondary metabolites
  6. secondary modern
  7. secondary modern school
  8. secondary modern schools
  9. secondary moderns
  10. secondary phosphine
  11. secondary phosphines

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