grammar school

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English - English
A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek
Elementary school
A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination
elementary school or grade school (USA); high school, college preparatory school (Britain)
a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
A grammar school is a school in Britain for children aged between eleven and eighteen who have a high academic ability. He is in the third year at Leeds Grammar School
grammar schools
plural form of grammar school
grammar school

    Hyphenation

    gram·mar school

    Turkish pronunciation

    grämır skul

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgramər ˈsko͞ol/ /ˈɡræmɜr ˈskuːl/

    Etymology

    [ 'gra-m&r ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English gramere, from Middle French gramaire, modification of Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikE, from feminine of grammatikos of letters, from grammat-, gramma; more at GRAM.
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