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GCSE

 noun
     
Related topics: School
GCSE [uncountable and countable]
SES
General Certificate of Secondary Education
an examination in a range of subjects, done by students in schools in England and Wales, usually at the age of 15 or 16 [↪ O level, A level, GNVQ]
Adam took his GCSEs last year.
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