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PREP SCHOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prep school mean?
• PREP SCHOOL (noun)
The noun PREP SCHOOL has 1 sense:
1. a private secondary school
Familiarity information: PREP SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A private secondary school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
prep school; preparatory school
Hypernyms ("prep school" is a kind of...):
Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prep school"):
choir school; schola cantorum (a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education)
Context examples
One of my most vivid memories is of coming back west from prep school and later from college at Christmas time.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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