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prekindergarten

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ kindergarten.

Adjective

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prekindergarten (not comparable)

  1. Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.

Noun

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prekindergarten (countable and uncountable, plural prekindergartens)

  1. (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[1]:
      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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