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sixth forms

sixth forms is the plural of sixth form.

Meaning of sixth form

Noun

sixth form (countable and uncountable, plural sixth forms)

  1. (UK except Scotland) The final two years of secondary education, during which students of about 16 to 18 years of age prepare for their A-level examinations or equivalent qualifications.
    • Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form.
      Maister: What a thing is this?
      N: He is sick in bed.
      M: How do you know?
      N: One of the scholars in his house told me so.1653, Corderius, Colloquia scholastica Anglo-Latina, […] 1653, page 220
  2. a sixth form college.

Questions about sixth forms

What is sixth forms the plural of?
Sixth forms is the plural of sixth form.

Words near sixth forms in the dictionary

  1. Sixth Day
  2. sixth disease
  3. sixth form
  4. sixth form college
  5. sixth form colleges
  6. sixth forms
  7. sixth grade
  8. sixth grader
  9. sixth graders
  10. sixth grades
  11. sixth man

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