Phrase guide

secondary education

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Education that follows primary education and leads to either employment or college / university education.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity

History

Etymology

From secondary + education.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 中等教育 (zhōngděng jiàoyù) — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Dutch: secundair onderwijs — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Dutch: voortgezet onderwijs — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Finnish: toisen asteen opetus — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Finnish: toisen asteen koulutus — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • French: enseignement secondaire — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Irish: meánoideachas — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Lithuanian: viduri̇̀nis išsilãvinimas — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Macedonian: средно образование (sredno obrazovanie) — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Malayalam: ദ്വിതീയ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (dvitīya vidyābhyāsaṁ) — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Polish: wykształcenie średnie — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Portuguese: ensino secundário — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Portuguese: secundário — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Romanian: învățământ mediu — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Slovak: stredné vzdelanie — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Thai: มัธยมศึกษา (mát-tá-yom-sʉ̀k-sǎa) — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education
  • Vietnamese: trung học — education of children that follows primary education and leads to either employment or further education