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high school

 noun
     
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high school
1 [uncountable and countable]SES a school in the US and Canada for children of 14 or 15 to 18 years old [↪ junior high school]
in high school
We were friends in high school.
high school students
high school graduates
2SES [singular] used in the names of some schools in Britain for children from 11 to 18 years old:
Leytonstone High School for Girls
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