Meaning & use
grade school
An elementary school for children, typically covering kindergarten through sixth or eighth grade.
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She still keeps in touch with a few friends from grade school.
He learned long division back in grade school but had forgotten most of it since.
A note on using this word
Grade school is informal American usage; 'primary school' is the more common term in British English.
Words with a similar meaning
elementary schoolprimary school
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