highschool

high school

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Definitions of highschool word

noun highschool a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12. 1
noun highschool Alternative spelling of high school. 1

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Origin of highschool

First appearance:

before 1815

One of the 39% newest English words

First recorded in 1815-25

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Parts of speech for Highschool

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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highschool popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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