ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Preschool

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈpɹiːskuːl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Preschool is an adjective meaning Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

Meaning

Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

More Meanings

  1. A nursery school.
  2. (Philippines) A school including nursery and kindergarten. It is succeeded by elementary school.
  3. (transitive) To provide nursery school education for.
  4. (intransitive) To undergo nursery school education.

Example Sentences

What could you do with the transumer trend in your agency? What about a coffee cart where parents pick up their children from preschool or classes?
In a study published in late July in the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers looked at how 1,619 children in China were doing in terms of sleep. The children, ages 4, 5 and 6, were recruited from 11 preschools in the province of Guizhou, in the city of Zunyi, about 650 miles from Wuhan.

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Related dictionary entries include kindergarten, pre-school, native, nursery, initial, childcare.

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