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Gymnasium — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gymnasium noun A large room or building equipped for indoor sports and exercise.

Senses

Gymnasium is used for these senses in English:

  • grammar school (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.
  • gymnasium A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.

gymnasium — full definition

  1. noun A large room or building equipped for indoor sports and exercise.
  2. noun In some European countries, a secondary school that prepares students for university.

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