Pronounced /pri:sku:l/ for meaning 1, and /pri:sku:l/ for meaning 2.
also preschool
1.
Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school. ( WRITTEN )
Looking after pre-school children is very tiring...
The Halsey Report emphasized the value of a pre-school education.
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2.
In the United States, a pre-school is a school for children between the ages of 2 and 5 or 6.
Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.
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