O level noun

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n [C]

Definition

a public examination in a particular subject that was taken in the past in British schools by children aged 15 or 16, or the qualification from this

She's got 10 O levels.

O levels were replaced by GCSEs in 1988.

Compare: A level

(Definition of O level noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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