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1. A, n. View full entry 1892
...Educ. Denoting the highest class of academic mark. Cf. straight Astraight3....
2. A-star in A, n. View full entry 1994
...a grade awarded in GCSE and A-level examinations (from 1994 and 2008 respectively) for performance exceeding the standards denoted by an ordinary A (also written A*)....
3. A.A. in A, n. View full entry 1857
...Associate of (also in) Arts....
4. A & M in A, n. View full entry 1865
...(in the names of colleges and universities) Agricultural and Mechanical....
5. ACT in A, n. View full entry 1959
...American College Testing (or Test)....
6. AP in A, n. View full entry 1958
...advanced placement, a programme of college-level coursework offered to high school students; freq. attrib....
7. AS in A, n. View full entry 1984
...(originally) Advanced Supplementary, a former General Certificate of Education qualification regarded as a complement to the A level; (now chiefly) Advanced Subsidiary, the first half of an A level which is divided...
8. A.S. in A, n. View full entry 1942
...Associate in (also of) Science....
9. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
10. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
11. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
12. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1623
...A teacher of the alphabet or of the basics of a particular subject; a person who teaches in an elementary school. Now rare....
13. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1633
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education (see sense A. 1a). Now rare....
14. abecedary, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1596
...An elementary student; a novice; also fig. Also: an elementary teacher. Cf. abecedarianObs....
15. ability group in ability, n. View full entry 1917
...any of a number of subdivisions of pupils grouped together for instruction as part of an ability grouping programme (cf. set2d)....
16. ability grouping in ability, n. View full entry 1917
...the organization of pupils into groups according to their perceived ability (either in different schools, or within the same school or class), so that learners of a similar proficiency may be taught...
17. Abitur, n. View full entry 1918
...In Germany: the set of examinations taken in the final year of secondary school, forming part of the entrance requirements for universities....
18. Abiturient, n. and adj. View full entry 1842
...In Germany: a candidate for the Abitur; a pupil who, having passed the Abitur, is leaving secondary school to enter a university....
19. absenteeism, n. View full entry 1850
...The persistent habit of absenting oneself (from work, church, school, etc.); truancy....
20. absit, n. View full entry 1857
...A notice granting temporary absence (originally for a day or part of a day) to a university student or a pupil at a boarding school. Cf. exeat2....
