kindergarten
noun/ˈkɪndəɡɑːtn/
/ˈkɪndərɡɑːrtn/
(from German)- (especially North American English) a school or class to prepare children aged five for school
- his first day at kindergarten
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2- James is in kindergarten now, but he's moving up to infant school this autumn.
- She teaches reading to students in kindergarten.
- She was still attending kindergarten at Assumption School.
- their plans for Hannah to start all-day kindergarten
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-day
- full-day
- half-day
- …
- enter
- start
- attend
- …
- classroom
- class
- children
- …
- at kindergarten
- in kindergarten
- (British English, Australian English, New Zealand English) nursery school (= a school for children between the ages of about two and five)Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- all-day
- full-day
- half-day
- …
- enter
- start
- attend
- …
- classroom
- class
- children
- …
- at kindergarten
- in kindergarten
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from German, literally ‘children's garden’.
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