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thirteenth grades

thirteenth grades is the plural of thirteenth grade.

Meaning of thirteenth grade

Noun

thirteenth grade (plural thirteenth grades)

  1. (US) The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.
  2. (US, derogatory, humorous) A reference to college as nothing more than a continuation of high school, since secondary education typically ends after the twelfth grade.
    • You went to community college? That's nothing but the thirteenth grade.

Questions about thirteenth grades

What is thirteenth grades the plural of?
Thirteenth grades is the plural of thirteenth grade.

Words near thirteenth grades in the dictionary

  1. thirteensomes
  2. thirteenth
  3. thirteenth grade
  4. thirteenth grader
  5. thirteenth graders
  6. thirteenth grades
  7. thirteenth reason
  8. thirteenth reason why
  9. thirteenth-grader
  10. thirteenth-graders
  11. thirteenthly

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