School meaning
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.
noun
School means to train, educate, teach or discipline someone or something.
An example of school is training a dog.
verb
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.
noun
A session of instruction.
School will start in three weeks. He had to stay after school today.
noun
(australian) A group of people gathered together for gambling.
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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?
noun
To train or discipline.
She is well schooled in literature.
verb
To educate in or as if in a school.
verb
An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age.
noun
To train or discipline.
She is well schooled in literature.
verb
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Of or relating to school or education in schools.
School supplies; a school dictionary.
adjective
Close-order drill instructions or exercises for military units or personnel.
noun
(slang) To defeat or put down decisively, especially in a humiliating manner.
Our team got schooled by the worst team in the division.
verb
To swim in or form into a school.
verb
A place or institution for teaching and learning; establishment for education.
- An institution for teaching children.
- A place for training and instruction in some special field, skill, etc.A dancing school.
- A college or university.
- In the Middle Ages, a seminary of logic, metaphysics, and theology.
noun
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To educate in or as if in a school.
verb
The building or buildings, classrooms, laboratories, etc. of any such establishment.
noun
All the students, or pupils, and teachers at any such establishment.
noun
(australian) A group of people gathered together for gambling.
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To move together in a school, as fish, whales, etc.
verb
A multitude.
noun
Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
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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.
noun
(considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
- Jeremy Taylor.Let no man be less confident in his faith [...] by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians.
These economists belong to the monetarist school.
noun
The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
I'll see you after school.
noun
The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
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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.
noun
See also school.
hyponyms
To control, or compose, one's expression.
She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
verb
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Close-order drill instructions or exercises for military units or personnel.
noun
(slang) To defeat or put down decisively, especially in a humiliating manner.
Our team got schooled by the worst team in the division.
verb
Of or relating to school or education in schools.
School supplies; a school dictionary.
adjective
A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal.
noun
Any situation, set of circumstances, or experience through which one gains knowledge, training, or discipline.
The school of hard knocks.
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A particular division of an institution of learning, esp. of a university.
The school of law.
noun
A way of life; style of customs, manners, etc.
A gentleman of the old school.
noun
To train, as at school; teach; instruct; educate.
verb
To discipline or control.
Schooled herself in composure.
verb
(archaic) To reprimand.
verb
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Of a school or schools.
adjective
A large number of fish or water animals of the same kind swimming or feeding together.
noun
An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age.
noun
An institution for instruction in a skill or business.
A secretarial school; a karate school.
noun
An institution for instruction in a skill or business.
A secretarial school; a karate school.
noun
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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?
noun
The period of instruction at any such establishment; regular session of teaching.
The date when school begins.
noun
A session of instruction.
School will start in three weeks. He had to stay after school today.
noun
Origin of school
- Middle English scole from Old English scōl from Latin schola, scola from Greek skholē segh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English scole from Old English scōl from Latin schola, scola from Greek skholē segh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English scole from Middle Dutch skel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education"), from Proto-Germanic *skōla (“school"), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school"), from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (scholeion), from σχολή (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 *seǵhe-, *sǵhÄ“- (“to hold, have, possess"). Cognate with Old Frisian skÅ«le, schÅ«le (Dutch school, “school"), Old High German scuola (German Schule, “school"), Old Norse skōli (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").
From Wiktionary
- 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 *skulō (“crowd"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kÊ·el- (“crowd, people"). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop"), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish"). More at shoal.
From Wiktionary