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pre-primary

pre-primary adjective: taking place before primary school.

Adjective

pre-primary (not comparable)

  1. Taking place before primary school.
    • pre-primary education

Origin of pre-primary

From pre- + primary.

Questions about pre-primary

What does pre-primary mean?
Pre-primary means taking place before primary school.
What part of speech is pre-primary?
Pre-primary is an adjective.

Words near pre-primary in the dictionary

  1. pre-pregs
  2. pre-prepare
  3. pre-prepared
  4. pre-prepares
  5. pre-preparing
  6. pre-primary
  7. pre-print
  8. pre-printed
  9. pre-printing
  10. pre-prints
  11. pre-process

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