单词 | preparatory school |
释义 | preparatory schoolSEE SYNONYMS FOR preparatory school ON THESAURUS.COM nouna private or parochial secondary school, especially one boarding its students and providing a college-preparatory education. British. a private elementary school, especially one preparing its students for public school. Also called prep school. Origin of preparatory schoolFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby preparatory schoolprepacked, preparation, preparative, preparator, preparatory, preparatory school, prepare, prepared, preparedness, prepared piano, preparental Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for preparatory school
British Dictionary definitions for preparatory schoolpreparatory school noun(in Britain) a private school, usually single-sex and for children between the ages of 6 and 13, generally preparing pupils for public school (in the US) a private secondary school preparing pupils for college Often shortened to: prep school Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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