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high school
This term refers specifically to the final stage of compulsory education before higher education. While it is often used as a noun to describe the physical institution, it frequently functions as an attributive adjective to modify other nouns, such as in "high school diploma" or "high school sweetheart."
In North American English, the term is standard, whereas in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, "secondary school" is the more common designation. The phrase can also denote the abstract experience or era of adolescence, often carrying a nostalgic or formative connotation in social discourse.
Meanings
Examples
I need to drop my daughter off at high school before heading to work.
I remember high school as a time of constant chaos and laughter.
I can not believe we are finally graduating from high school.
I wonder if she still thinks about our high school romance.
The high school diploma is required for this entry level position.