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preparatory school

 
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n.
  1. A usually private secondary school that prepares students for college.
  2. A usually private elementary school in Great Britain that prepares students for public school.

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School that prepares students for entrance to a higher school. In Europe, where secondary education has been selective, preparatory schools have been those that catered to pupils wishing to enter the academic secondary schools. In North America, where access to secondary education has been less competitive, the term usually refers to private secondary schools that prepare students for college.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a private secondary school
  Synonym: prep school

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Preparatory school or prep school may refer to:

  • University-preparatory school, a school in North America that is a private secondary school, typically charging high fees, designed to prepare students aged 14–18 for higher education at a university or college
  • Preparatory school (UK), a school in the UK that is a private school designed to prepare pupils under 13 for entry into the fee-required public schools that are the equivalent of the college/university prep schools in North America
  • Gymnasium (school), the European equivalent of a North American university-preparatory school
  • Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles

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