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GCSE noun
/ˌdʒiː.siː.esˈiː/ n [C or U] Definition
General Certificate of Secondary Education: the British system of public examinations taken in various subjects from the age of about 16, or one of these examinations, or a qualification from this system
I'm taking six subjects for GCSE.
Owen is retaking two of his GCSEs.
She's got nine GCSEs, all at grade A.
(Definition of GCSE noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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