"prep school" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛpˌskuːl/ [General-American] Forms: prep schools [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of preparatory school. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|preparatory school}} Clipping of preparatory school Head templates: {{en-noun}} prep school (plural prep schools)
  1. (US) A private or public school intended to prepare its students to get into prestigious universities. Wikidata QID: Q428602 Tags: US Categories (topical): Schools Derived forms: prepper, preppy
    Sense id: en-prep_school-en-noun-en:Q428602 Disambiguation of Schools: 46 54 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49
  2. (British) A private primary school which prepares its pupils for the common entrance examination most commonly at the age of thirteen, and subsequent entry into public school. Wikidata QID: Q4367464 Tags: British Categories (topical): Schools Synonyms: prepper Translations (UK: private school that prepares for common entrance examination): privata lernejo (Esperanto), yksityinen peruskoulu (Finnish), egyetemi előkészítő iskola (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-prep_school-en-noun-en:Q4367464 Disambiguation of Schools: 46 54 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'UK: private school that prepares for common entrance examination': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (US: school that prepares for university): yksityislukio (english: private) (Finnish), lukio (english: any) (Finnish), preppauskoulu (Finnish), gimnázium (Hungarian), magániskola (Hungarian), magángimnázium (Hungarian), preparatoria (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'US: school that prepares for university': 52 48

Inflected forms

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