preparatory school

noun

1

: a usually private school preparing students primarily for college

2

British : a private elementary school preparing students primarily for British public schools

Examples of preparatory school in a Sentence

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Looking for Alaska by John Green This coming-of-age novel tells the story of a teenager who leaves behind his mundane life in Florida to attend preparatory school in Alabama. —Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023

Jack Reid, 17, died by suicide on April 30, 2022, in a residential house at the Lawrenceville School, a boarding and preparatory school in Mercer County, New Jersey. —Celina Tebor, CNN, 1 May 2023

Combs is the first woman to lead the 112-year-old college preparatory school for boys. —Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022

The preparatory school educates children up to age 13. —Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 July 2023

The couple eloped after a short courtship, but their relationship goes back to their days as students at a private college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California. —Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023

The accident occurred Thursday as the Brunswick school, a college preparatory school for boys in Greenwich, played St. Luke's School, a private co-educational school from New Canaan. —BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2022

The college preparatory school will offer an advanced high school diploma with pre-AP and AP courses. —al, 14 Feb. 2023

After graduating from the Loomis preparatory school in Windsor, Conn., Mr. Lowenstein studied international relations at Yale College, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1949. —Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

preparatory school

noun

1

: a usually private school preparing students primarily for college

2

British : a private elementary school preparing students primarily for public schools