Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A subject-based qualification superseded in England by
GCSEs , but still available as an international examination.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word O-level.
Examples
-
Similarly, the number of O-level candidates in the country rose from 172,000 in 2006 to almost 265,000 last year, an increase of 54%.
Free universal secondary education in Uganda has yielded mixed results | Richard M Kavuma 2011
-
In 2006, nearly 95% of O-level candidates achieved at least the minimum pass rate to qualify for a national certificate.
Free universal secondary education in Uganda has yielded mixed results | Richard M Kavuma 2011
-
If I'd had a science teacher who sounded as patient and friendly as Jeff Forshaw, I might have scraped through O-level biology.
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews Sue Arnold 2010
-
It is over 25 years since I last read this book; it was one of our set texts for Eng Lit O-level, so I remembered it as a source of material for essay-writing rather than as an actual reading pleasure.
Linkspam for 24-9-2009 nwhyte 2009
-
Not so, I thought, this isn't a patch on Miss Bigwood's favourite, but how does one translate that into O-level French?
Family life 2011
-
At what he calls a "bog-standard" comprehensive in Devon, where "pretty much the only thing I learned was how to roll a joint", he got a C in O-level English lit, a grade one CSE in drama, and nothing else.
-
After a spell on an Israeli kibbutz, he got three more Cs at O-level, thanks largely to his father's tuition, and then took A-levels at William Ellis in London in its last years as a grammar school.
-
He got two Bs and a C and didn't even attempt the O-level.
-
Young was told he needn't sit the entrance exam and could read philosophy, politics and economics if he got three Bs at A-level and acquired an O-level in a foreign language.
-
In spite of having taken her O-level maths a year early, Daly knew that the bank was not for her.
Tess Daly: the interview Elizabeth Day 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.