interschool

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adjective

Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.

“The interschool basketball tournament was held in March.”

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Meanings

adjectiveinterschool (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring or taking place between two or more schools.

    The interschool basketball tournament was held in March.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveused of competition or cooperation between secondary schools

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishschool
  8. Englishinterschool

From inter- + school.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Estonian koolidevaheline
  • koolidevahelineoccurring or taking place between two or more schools
Finnish koulujenvälinen
  • koulujenvälinenoccurring or taking place between two or more schools
French interscolaire
  • interscolaireoccurring or taking place between two or more schools
Irish idirscoile
  • idirscoileoccurring or taking place between two or more schools
Polish międzyszkolny
  • międzyszkolnyoccurring or taking place between two or more schools
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“interschool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interschool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interschool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interschool.

Source: interschool on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.