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senior high school

senior high school noun: an institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.

Noun

senior high school (countable and uncountable, plural senior high schools)

  1. (US) An institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.
  2. (Philippines) A secondary education school for grades 11 and 12 (a continuation of junior high school), which consists of tracks, which some consist of strands.

Forms of senior high school

pluralsenior high schools
alternative formSHS

Questions about senior high school

What does senior high school mean?
Senior high school means an institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.
What part of speech is senior high school?
Senior high school is a noun.
What is the plural of senior high school?
The plural of senior high school is senior high schools.

Words near senior high school in the dictionary

  1. senior colonel
  2. senior colonels
  3. Senior Counsel
  4. Senior Counsels
  5. senior high
  6. senior high school
  7. senior high schools
  8. senior higher
  9. senior highers
  10. senior highs
  11. senior hurling

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