Intermediate Certificate

noun

A certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school.

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Meanings

nounIntermediate Certificate (plural Intermediate Certificates)

plural Intermediate Certificates

  1. IrelandhistoricalA certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school.
  2. AustraliahistoricalA certificate awarded to students who successfully completed three years of high school.

    ‘I’m gonna get a job as soon as I get my Intermediate Certificate at High School.’

    1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 57

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Origin

intermediate + certificate

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Translations

Irish Teastas Idirmheánach
  • Teastas Idirmheánachcertificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school before 1992
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APA

Intermediate Certificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Intermediate%20Certificate

MLA

“Intermediate Certificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Intermediate%20Certificate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Intermediate Certificate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Intermediate%20Certificate.

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