middle school

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middle school

noun middle schools · middle-school · middleschool

  1. countable A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.

    Similar: intermediate school, junior high school

  2. uncountable An educational level or stage between primary school and secondary school. These authors argue that lists based on university-level reading material cannot be directly imported into contexts such as middle school since the lexical profiles of subjects and their vocabulary demands are different.

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noun school containing both primary and secondary students

Españolescuela media
한국어중학교 junghakgyo
日本語中学校 chūgakkō
中文初級中學 /初级中学 chūjí zhōngxué, 中學 /中学 zhōngxué
Françaiscycle
DeutschMittelstufe
Italianoscuola media
Ελληνικάγυμνάσιο gymnásio
Românășcoală medie
Русскийсре́дняя шко́ла srédnjaja škóla

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@misc{middle_school_2026,
  title = {middle school},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/middle%20school},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}