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middle school

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

in parts of the UK and the US, a school for children between the ages of about nine and 14Types of school
(Definition of middle school noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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