preschool
adjectivenounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈpɹiːskuːl//
Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English school English preschool From pre- + school.
noun
- 1
A nursery school.
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.
- 2
A school including nursery and kindergarten. It is succeeded by elementary school.
verb
- 1
To provide nursery school education for.
- 2
To undergo nursery school education.
Forms
- plural
- preschools
- past tense
- preschooled
- past participle
- preschooled
- present participle
- preschooling
- third person singular
- preschools
preschool · Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
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