Used in a Sentence

kindergarten

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kindergarten.

Editorial note

Yeah, mine is the one a Kindergarten child might have: people striving to be fair to one another.

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Definitions3
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Quick take

(Canada, US, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kindergarten gathered in one view.

noun

(Canada, US, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

noun

(Canada, US, Australia, India) The elementary school grade before first grade.

noun

(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kindergarten.

noun

(Canada, US, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

noun

(Canada, US, Australia, India) The elementary school grade before first grade.

noun

(Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Example sentences

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Yeah, mine is the one a Kindergarten child might have: people striving to be fair to one another.

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They went to kindergarten to learn how to listen to people other than their parents and make friends.

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Let's plant a colony on the peak of Mt Everest first, as a kindergarten-level test of our readiness for Mars.

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Yesterday Hillary claimed that some of the best paid 25 hedge fund guys pay a lower tax rate than kindergarten teachers.

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For chrissake, that compiler shouldn't have been allowed to graduate from kindergarten.

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The people who want to become teachers just because they like kids but don't have any deep knowledge/understanding of any particular subject can teach kindergarten.

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We should probably ban preschool/kindergarten on those grounds, then.

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Looks more like kindergarten than an office space.

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People that were home-schooled seem to be a little off, to me at least; granted, I was in the public education system from kindergarten on.

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I started with Logo on the Apple IIe in kindergarten.

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Do you honestly have the arrogance to walk up to a five-year-old Mozart and tell him he needs to chill out and go play in the kindergarten rather than compose symphonies?

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As someone who skipped kindergarten and 1st grade, and later tested through some math classes, I am dubious about the ability of the existing public school system to accommodate such acceleration without harming students.

Quote examples

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Yes, even if he's your best friend since kindergarten and he gave you the key in person!".

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Here's some advice: The word "fair" stopped making sense in kindergarten.

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The word "fair" stopped making sense in kindergarten.

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Middle/kindergarten schools do some really quite perverse stuff, like "slavery days" where the white kids are "slaves" to the black kids, or other weird stuff.

Proper noun examples

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As an example my son doesn't do to well in math, however, he's been multiplying/dividing since Kindergarten.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kindergarten in a sentence?

Yeah, mine is the one a Kindergarten child might have: people striving to be fair to one another.

What does kindergarten mean?

(Canada, US, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.

What part of speech is kindergarten?

kindergarten is commonly used as noun.