- school-age
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adjective
Date: 1741
old enough to go to school <school-age children>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
school-age
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school-age — schoolˈ age adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑school * * * school age adjective Thesaurus: words used to describe childrenhyponym Main entry: school age * * * school age adj … Useful english dictionary
school age — n [U] the age at which a child is old enough to go to school ▪ children below school age >school age adj ▪ a school age child … Dictionary of contemporary English
school age — school ,age noun uncount the age when children must go to school: children of school age ╾ school ,age adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
school age — n. 1. the age at which a child may or must begin to attend school 2. the years during which attendance at school is required or customary school age adj … English World dictionary
school age — school′ age n. edu the age set by law for children to start school attendance • Etymology: 1735–45 school′ age , adj … From formal English to slang
school age — school age, adj. 1. the age set by law for children to start school attendance. 2. the period of school attendance required by law. [1735 45] * * * … Universalium
school age — noun : the period of life during which a child is considered mentally and physically fit to attend school and is commonly required to do so by law • school ager ˈsküˌlājə(r) noun * * * school age, adj. 1. the age set by law for children to start… … Useful english dictionary
school age — N UNCOUNT: oft prep N When a child reaches school age, he or she is old enough to go to school. Most of them have young children below school age. ADJ: usu ADJ n School age is also an adjective. ...families with school age children … English dictionary
school age — UK / US noun [uncountable] the age when children must go to school children of school age Derived word: school age adjective … English dictionary
school-age — adjective An age of a person when attending lower level schools is customary. The period in a persons life when one is legally required to attend school. Hes no school age child; hes in college now … Wiktionary
school age — n. age at which a child is thought old enough to go to school; age when a child is required to go to school according to the law … English contemporary dictionary
