high school
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Meaning · English
a school for students in early adolescence
Literally: school for high grades
Register: neutral
Examples
This is my friend Rachel. We went to high school together.Đây là bạn tôi tên Rachel, chúng tôi học trường trung học với nhau.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.Khi tôi hỏi mọi người điều gì khiến họ cảm thấy tiếc nuối khi còn đi học thì phần đông đều trả lời rằng họ đã lãng phí quá nhiều thời gian.
Tatoeba sentence #1631 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Everyday learner phrase (CEFR A1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “high school” mean?
a school for students in early adolescence Literally: school for high grades
Is “high school” formal or informal?
high school is generally neutral.