prekindergarten
English
Etymology
pre- + kindergarten
Adjective
prekindergarten (not comparable)
- Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
Noun
prekindergarten (countable and uncountable, plural prekindergartens)
- (US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
- 2008 June 6, Jennifer Medina, “Parents Find Frustration With Process at Schools”, in New York Times:
- This year, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has streamlined and centralized the dizzying array of admission procedures for the city’s prekindergartens and middle schools.
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