school
1 Americannoun
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an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age.
The children are at school.
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an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.
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a college or university.
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a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction.
summer school.
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a session of such a course.
no school today; to be kept after school.
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the activity or process of learning under instruction, especially at a school for the young.
As a child, I never liked school.
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one's formal education.
They plan to be married when he finishes school.
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a building housing a school.
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the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution.
The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.
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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.
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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.
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any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.
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the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc..
the Platonic school of philosophy.
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Art.
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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.
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the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity.
the French school.
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any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.
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Military, Navy. parts of close-order drill applying to the individual school of the soldier, the squad school of the squad, or the like.
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Australian and New Zealand Informal. a group of people gathered together, especially for gambling or drinking.
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Archaic. schools, the faculties of a university.
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Obsolete. the schoolmen in a medieval university.
adjective
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of or connected with a school or schools.
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Obsolete. of the schoolmen.
idioms
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school of thought. school of thought.
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school of hard knocks. school of hard knocks.
noun
verb (used without object)
noun
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an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education
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( as modifier )
school bus
school day
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( in combination )
schoolroom
schoolwork
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any educational institution or building
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a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject
a law school
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the staff and pupils of a school
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the period of instruction in a school or one session of this
he stayed after school to do extra work
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meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc
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a place or sphere of activity that instructs
the school of hard knocks
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a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods
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a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style, teachers, or aims
the Venetian school of painting
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a style of life
a gentleman of the old school
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informal a group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking
verb
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to train or educate in or as in a school
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to discipline or control
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an archaic word for reprimand
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verb
Other Word Forms
- schoolable adjective
- schoolless adjective
- schoollike adjective
Etymology
Origin of school1
First recorded before 900; Middle English noun scol(e), schole, Old English scōl, scolu, from Latin schola, from Greek scholḗ “leisure employed in learning”
Origin of school2
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English schol(e), sculle, from Middle Dutch schōle “flock (of animals),” Dutch school “shoal (of fish)”; cognate with Old English scolu “troop”; shoal 2
Example Sentences
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Her stated goal was to use technology to reduce absenteeism in school.
From Los Angeles Times
Detectives said, about 30 minutes after setting off, the girls had spoken to the caretaker of Soham Village College - the local secondary school - outside his home.
From BBC
The win came two hours after the boys’ team beat Harvard-Westlake, giving the Chatsworth school a sweep of the Open Division titles.
From Los Angeles Times
There has been no confirmation by the two Western countries of the attack on the school - located near a base of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has been the target of the strikes.
From BBC
There’s a new team with plenty of quality young players to get excited about in high school basketball.
From Los Angeles Times
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