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playgroup

playgroup

3 1.0
A group where young children meet to play and make friends while an adult watches
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪˌɡruːp/
translation icon : grupo de juego
  • Didn't Julian come home from playgroup with a picture?
  • playgroups for toddlers
  • playgroup moms
  • join a playgroup

And so she's in this playgroup for, like, you know, elite ladies.

Examples

  • Here are some things to think about when you realize that your kid has become the terror of his playgroup or classroom friends.

    Blog text (21)
  • On Sunday night, I checked to see how many people had RSVPed that they were planning to come to playgroup.

    Blog text (26)
  • Last week was my turn to host playgroup.

    Blog text (26)
  • When I got home from playgroup this afternoon, I checked my answering machine.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • So glad you had a pleasant playgroup.

    Blog text (26)
  • When they were little, my kids used to sit in a circle during preschool playgroups and sing, "Hello, friends."

    Blog text (21)
  • I was at one of our usual playgroups and saw Agniete, but her mom was nowhere.

    Blog text (32)
  • The organization runs playgroups and after-school clubs for young people until the age of 25, including specialist sessions such as a disability football team and a premature sick baby support group.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Equipped with baby bags, strollers, or baby carriers, you'll find them in coffee shops or at playgroups singing nursery rhymes.

    Blog text (32)
  • The toddlers enjoyed making new friends at the weekly playgroup held near our home.

Synonyms

play group
vsplaygroup
2 2.0

A small informal group where young children meet to play and learn

is regularly supervised and focuses on social play before school

How Formal

preschool
94 1.3
nursery
37 1.0
playgroup
3 1.0
playdate
15 1.7

Surface Forms

playgroup singular
playgroups plural

Etymology

Playgroup is made of play and group, so it literally means a 'group' for 'play'. That's why a playgroup is a place where young children meet to play together and learn social skills.