Meanings
nounthirteenth grade (plural thirteenth grades)
plural thirteenth grades
- USeducationThe year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.
- USderogatoryhumorouseducationA reference to college as nothing more than a continuation of high school, since secondary education typically ends after the twelfth grade.
You went to community college? That's nothing but the thirteenth grade.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish kolmastoista luokka
- kolmastoista luokka13th year in school
German dreizehnte Klasse
- dreizehnte Klasse13th year in school
Polish trzynasta klasa
- trzynasta klasa13th year in school
Romanian clasă a treisprezecea, clasă a treișpea
- clasă a treisprezecea13th year in school
- clasă a treișpea13th year in school
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Chicago
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