school

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Students sitting outside their school.

noun

School is defined as a large number of marine animals of the same kind which are swimming or feeding together.
An example of school is a group of sardines.
The definition of a school is a place or building used for instruction, learning and education.
An example of school is UCLA - University of California at Los Angeles.

verb

School means to train, educate, teach or discipline someone or something.
An example of school is training a dog.

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school

a place or institution for teaching and learning; establishment for education; specif.,
1. an institution for teaching children
2. a place for training and instruction in some special field, skill, etc.: a dancing school
3. a college or university
4. [S-] in the Middle Ages, a seminary of logic, metaphysics, and theology
the building or buildings, classrooms, laboratories, etc. of any such establishment
all the students, or pupils, and teachers at any such establishment
the period of instruction at any such establishment; regular session of teaching: the date when school begins
1. attendance at a school: to miss school for a week
2. the process of formal training and instruction at a school; formal education; schooling
any situation, set of circumstances, or experience through which one gains knowledge, training, or discipline: the school of hard knocks
a particular division of an institution of learning, esp. of a university: the school of law
1. a group of people held together by the same teachings, beliefs, opinions, methods, etc.; followers or disciples of a particular teacher, leader, or creed: the Impressionist school
2. a group of artists associated with a specified place: the Barbizon School
a way of life; style of customs, manners, etc.: a gentleman of the old school

Origin of school

Middle English scole from Old English scol from Classical Latin schola, school from Classical Greek schol?, leisure, that in which leisure is employed, discussion, philosophy, school from Indo-European base an unverified form se?h-, to hold fast, overcome from source scheme

to train, as at school; teach; instruct; educate
to discipline or control: schooled herself in composure
Archaic to reprimand

of a school or schools
Obs. of the Schoolmen (see schoolman, sense )

a large number of fish or water animals of the same kind swimming or feeding together

Origin of school

Du, a crowd, school of fish: see shoal

to move together in a school, as fish, whales, etc.

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noun

An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age.
An institution for instruction in a skill or business: a secretarial school; a karate school.
a. A college or university.
b. An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.
c. A division of an educational institution constituting several grades or classes: advanced to the upper school.
d. The student body of an educational institution.
e. The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
The process of being educated formally, especially education constituting a planned series of courses over a number of years: The children were put to school at home. What do you plan to do when you finish school?
A session of instruction: School will start in three weeks. He had to stay after school today.
a. A group of people, especially philosophers, artists, or writers, whose thought, work, or style demonstrates a common origin or influence or unifying belief: the school of Aristotle; the Venetian school of painters.
b. A group of people distinguished by similar manners, customs, or opinions: aristocrats of the old school.
Close-order drill instructions or exercises for military units or personnel.
Australian A group of people gathered together for gambling.

transitive verb

schooled, school·ing, schools

To educate in or as if in a school.
To train or discipline: She is well schooled in literature. See Synonyms at teach.
Slang To defeat or put down decisively, especially in a humiliating manner: Our team got schooled by the worst team in the division.

adjective

Of or relating to school or education in schools: school supplies; a school dictionary.

Origin of school

Middle English scole from Old English scōl from Latin schola, scola from Greek skholē ; see segh- in Indo-European roots.

noun

A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal.

intransitive verb

schooled, school·ing, schools

To swim in or form into a school.

Origin of school

Middle English scole from Middle Dutch; see skel-¹ in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural schools)

A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
A multitude.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

(of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.

Origin

From Middle English schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish"), from Middle Dutch scole (Dutch school, “multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals"), from Old Saxon scola, skola (“troop, multitude"), from Proto-Germanic *skulÅ (“crowd"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kÊ·el- (“crowd, people"). Cognate with Middle Low German schÅle (“multitude, troop"), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish"). More at shoal.

Noun

(plural schools)

(US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
(UK) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
(considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
These economists belong to the monetarist school.
- Jeremy Taylor
  Let no man be less confident in his faith [...] by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians.
The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
I'll see you after school.
The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
He was a gentleman of the old school.

Hyponyms

See also school

Verb

(third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
To control, or compose, one's expression.
She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.

Origin

From Middle English scole, from Old English scÅl (“place of education"), from Proto-Germanic *skÅla (“school"), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school"), from Ancient Greek ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Îµá¿–Î¿Î½ (scholeion), from ÏƒÏ‡Î¿Î»Î® (scholÄ“, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place"), from Proto-Indo-European *seÇµhe-, *sÇµhÄ“- (“to hold, have, possess"). Cognate with Old Frisian skÅ«le, schÅ«le (Dutch school, “school"), Old High German scuola (German Schule, “school"), Old Norse skÅli (Danish skole, “school"). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company"), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band"). See school₁. Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory"), Old English siÄ¡e, sigor (“victory").

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