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school
1[skool]
noun
an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age.
The children are at school.
an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.
a college or university.
a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction.
summer school.
a session of such a course.
no school today; to be kept after school.
the activity or process of learning under instruction, especially at a school for the young.
As a child, I never liked school.
one's formal education.
They plan to be married when he finishes school.
a building housing a school.
the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution.
The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.
a building, room, etc., in a university, set apart for the use of one of the faculties or for some particular purpose.
the school of agriculture.
a particular faculty or department of a university having the right to recommend candidates for degrees, and usually beginning its program of instruction after the student has completed general education.
medical school.
any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.
the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc..
the Platonic school of philosophy.
Art.
a group of artists, as painters, writers, or musicians, whose works reflect a common conceptual, regional, or personal influence.
the modern school; the Florentine school.
the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity.
the French school.
any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.
Military, Navy.parts of close-order drill applying to the individual school of the soldier, the squad school of the squad, or the like.
Australian and New Zealand Informal.a group of people gathered together, especially for gambling or drinking.
Archaic.schools, the faculties of a university.
Obsolete.the schoolmen in a medieval university.
adjective
of or connected with a school or schools.
Obsolete.of the schoolmen.
school
2[skool]
noun
a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
verb (used without object)
to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
school
1/ ː /
noun
an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education
( as modifier )
school bus
school day
( in combination )
schoolroom
schoolwork
any educational institution or building
a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject
a law school
the staff and pupils of a school
the period of instruction in a school or one session of this
he stayed after school to do extra work
meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc
a place or sphere of activity that instructs
the school of hard knocks
a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods
a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style, teachers, or aims
the Venetian school of painting
a style of life
a gentleman of the old school
informala group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking
verb
to train or educate in or as in a school
to discipline or control
an archaic word for reprimand
school
2/ ː /
noun
a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together
verb
(intr) to form such a group
Other Word Forms
- schoolable adjective
- schoolless adjective
- schoollike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of school1
Word History and Origins
Origin of school1
Origin of school2
Idioms and Phrases
school of thought. school of thought.
school of hard knocks. school of hard knocks.
Example Sentences
Mrs Mbasana feels her three children are the inheritors of this legacy - particularly affecting her oldest son Lifalethu who was at a township school between the ages of six and 10.
While Bayern boast some of the biggest names in world football, Auckland's team includes a primary school teacher, an insurance broker, a barber, a sales representative at Coca-Cola, a car retailer, and several students.
There's a school of thought that England's Bazball approach could produce shorter Tests and Lyon's impact on the match could be nullified as it was here.
A look at the top 20 high school softball teams in the Southland, as ranked by CalHiSports.
A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams in the Southland by The Times after the 2025 playoffs.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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