elementary school
noun
1.
the lowest school giving formal instruction, teaching the rudiments of learning, and extending usually from six to eight years.
Also called
primary school
.
Origin
1835-45
Examples from the web for
elementary school
Dinosaurs regularly popped up during my early
elementary school
education.
Even my
elementary school
made real mashed potatoes.
They only know the date from
elementary school
history lessons.
In
elementary school
, they copy their reports directly from encyclopedias and other sources.
Direct instruction in reading stops in late
elementary school
.
When you were in
elementary school
you probably scored well on standardized reading tests.
In fact, they had not yet finished
elementary school
.
After leaving
elementary school
, he set out to seek his fortune.
elementary school
students have performed well in some local tests, but their scores in national exams have hardly budged.
As the news reported that they will try this in
elementary school
kids and not colleges.
British Dictionary definitions for
elementary school
elementary school
noun
1.
(
Brit
)
a former name for
primary school
2.
(
US & Canadian
)
Also called (in the US)
grade school,
grammar school.
a state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education