private school

noun

: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency

Examples of private school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About 60,850 private school students in Miami-Dade County use vouchers. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026

The program uses state funds to pay for private school tuition and some homeschool expenses. — Arkansas Online, 25 July 2026

The child’s mother told him that classes at their small, private school had been canceled two days prior because so many kids were sick with measles. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 24 July 2026

The plaintiff, a group calling itself Men for Others, in a lawsuit filed last week in Sacramento Superior Court claims the Carmichael private school lacked the authority to end its all-boys tradition. — Chaewon Chung july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for private school

• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool