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preschool

noun

  1. caring environment for young children
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːskuːl/

adj

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.

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

noun

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.

  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

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.

  1. To provide nursery school education for.
  2. To undergo nursery school education.