school

n.

1. An institution of learning

   academy, grammar school, lycée (French), Gymnasium (German). see also academy 1, college, university.

   Varieties of schools include: preschool, nursery school, elementary school, middle school, grade school, grammar school, junior high school, high school, secondary school, private school, public school, day school, night school, parochial school, boarding school, military school, seminary, normal school, conservatory, trade school, vocational school, technical school, graduate school, professional school, divinity school, art school, business school, medical school, dental school, veterinary school, law school, law college, college of law, preparatory school, junior college, community college, the grades*;

2. Persons or products associated by common intellectual or artistic theories

   class, party, adherents, following, circle; see also academy 2.

3. A building housing a school, sense 1

   schoolhouse, hall, establishment, institution; see building 1.

go to school