"Intermediate Certificate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Intermediate Certificates [plural]
Etymology: intermediate + certificate Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=Intermediate Certificate}} Intermediate Certificate (countable and uncountable, plural Intermediate Certificates)
  1. (Ireland, dated) A certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school. Tags: Ireland, countable, dated, uncountable Translations (certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school before 1992): Teastas Idirmheánach [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-Intermediate_Certificate-en-noun-S5Zev8z9 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school before 1992': 81 19
  2. (Australia, dated) A certificate awarded to students who successfully completed three years of high school. Tags: Australia, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Intermediate_Certificate-en-noun-pU8H3bcA Categories (other): Australian English, Entries with translation boxes, Education Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Education: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Inter Cert Related terms: Leaving Certificate, Junior Certificate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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