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DictionaryformSchool class
noun

form

A class or grade in some school systems.

In the British school, she moves into the sixth form.

Etymology
formOld Frenchshape; form

Form has been used for a bench or row of seated pupils. The name extended from that arrangement to the class or school group itself.

More examples

  • The old register listed pupils by form.
  • Each form had a different classroom.
  • He described his years in the lower forms.

Forms

form · forms

Similar words

grade
The usual American school term.
class
Can be a teaching group rather than a year level.