"preschool" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: pre- + school Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|school}} pre- + school Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} preschool (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Schools Related terms: preschooler Translations (relating to years before primary school): նախադպրոցական (naxadprocʻakan) (Armenian), дашко́льны (daškólʹny) (Belarusian), предучилищен (predučilišten) (Bulgarian), မူကြို (mu-krui) (Burmese), မူလတန်းကြို (mula.tan:krui) (Burmese), předškolní (Czech), esikoulu- (Finnish), préscolaire (French), vorschulisch (German), προσχολικός (proscholikós) [masculine] (Greek), prasekolah (Indonesian), пре́дшколски (prédškolski) (Macedonian), przedszkolny (Polish), pré-escolar [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), preșcolar [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), preșcolară [feminine] (Romanian), дошко́льный (doškólʹnyj) (Russian), predškolský (Slovak), preescolar (Spanish), okul öncesi (Turkish), дошкі́льний (doškílʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preschool-en-adj-3vN24np2 Disambiguation of Schools: 14 32 26 29 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 19 31 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pre-school

Noun [English]

Forms: preschools [plural]
Etymology: pre- + school Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|school}} pre- + school Head templates: {{en-noun}} preschool (plural preschools)
  1. A nursery school. Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: en-preschool-en-noun-5sIl2u43 Disambiguation of Schools: 14 32 26 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 37 22 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 38 22 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 19 31 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pre-school

Verb [English]

Forms: preschools [present, singular, third-person], preschooling [participle, present], preschooled [participle, past], preschooled [past]
Etymology: pre- + school Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|school}} pre- + school Head templates: {{en-verb}} preschool (third-person singular simple present preschools, present participle preschooling, simple past and past participle preschooled)
  1. (transitive) To provide nursery school education for. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: en-preschool-en-verb-rmOh1UGJ Disambiguation of Schools: 14 32 26 29 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 19 31 25 25
  2. (intransitive) To undergo nursery school education. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Schools
    Sense id: en-preschool-en-verb-idm~avAT Disambiguation of Schools: 14 32 26 29 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 19 31 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pre-school

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide nursery school education for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nursery school",
          "nursery school"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To provide nursery school education for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undergo nursery school education."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nursery school",
          "nursery school"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To undergo nursery school education."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pre-school"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preschool"
}

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