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A level

 noun
     
Related topics: School
A lev‧el [uncountable and countable]
SES
Advanced level
an examination that students in England and Wales take, usually when they are 18 [↪ A/S level, GCSE, GNVQ, O level]
do/take (your) A levels
She decided to stay on at school and do her A levels.
at A level
I took maths, physics and chemistry at A level.
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