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| grammar school |
| 1. n. (archaic) A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek. |
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| 2. n. (chiefly UK) A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination. |
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| 3. n. (US, rare regional) Elementary school. |
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| grammar |
| 1. n. A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language. |
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| 2. n. (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax). |
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| 3. n. A book describing the rules of grammar of a language. |
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| 4. n. (computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language. |
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| 5. n. (computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language |
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| school |
| 1. n. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. |
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| The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel. |
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| 2. n. A multitude. |
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| 3. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school. |
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| 4. n. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. |
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