"middle school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: middle schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} middle school (countable and uncountable, plural middle schools)
  1. (education, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Schools Synonyms: intermediate school, junior high school Derived forms: middle school student (english: translation hub) Related terms: comprehensive, grammar school, junior school, primary school, secondary modern, secondary school
    Sense id: en-middle_school-en-noun-yuCPLjV3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: education
  2. (education, uncountable) An educational level or stage between primary school and secondary school. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-middle_school-en-noun-fjj5bl5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (school containing both primary and secondary students): միջնակարգ դպրոց (miǰnakarg dprocʿ) (Armenian), 初級中學 (Chinese Mandarin), 初级中学 (chūjí zhōngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 中學 (Chinese Mandarin), 中学 (zhōngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), middenschool [feminine] (Dutch), keskikoulu (Finnish), cycle [Switzerland, masculine] (French), Mittelstufe [feminine] (German), γυμνάσιο (gymnásio) [neuter] (Greek), midìl [feminine] (Hausa), miðskóli [masculine] (Icelandic), sekolah satu atap (Indonesian), scoil mheánach [feminine] (Irish), scuola media [feminine] (Italian), 中学校 (chūgakkō) (alt: ちゅうがっこう) (Japanese), орта мектеп (orta mektep) (Kazakh), សាលាមជ្ឈិម (sala machim) (Khmer), 중학교 (junghakgyo) (Korean), Mëttelschoul [feminine] (Luxembourgish), средно училиште (sredno učilište) [neuter] (Macedonian), ensino médio [masculine] (Portuguese), școală medie [feminine] (Romanian), сре́дняя шко́ла (srédnjaja škóla) [feminine] (Russian), escuela media (Spanish), secundaria [masculine] (Spanish), mellanstadie [common-gender] (Swedish), มัธยมต้น (máttáyommá dtôn) (Thai), מיטלשול (mitlshul) [feminine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'school containing both primary and secondary students': 53 47

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  "word": "middle school"
}

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