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school1 /skul/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skool] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. an institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age: The children are at school.
2. an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.
3. a college or university.
4. a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction: summer school.
5. a session of such a course: no school today; to be kept after school.
6. the activity or process of learning under instruction, esp. at a school for the young: As a child, I never liked school.
7. one's formal education: They plan to be married when he finishes school.
8. a building housing a school.
9. the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution: The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.
13. the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc.: the Platonic school of philosophy.
14. Art. a. 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.
b. the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity: the French school.
15. any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.
16. Military, Navy. parts of close-order drill applying to the individual (school of the soldier), the squad (school of the squad), or the like.
17. Australian and New Zealand Informal. a group of people gathered together, esp. for gambling or drinking.
18. schools, Archaic. the faculties of a university.
19. Obsolete. the schoolmen in a medieval university.
–adjective 20. of or connected with a school or schools.
21. Obsolete. of the schoolmen.
–verb (used with object) 22. to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train.
23. Archaic. to reprimand.
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[Origin: bef. 900; ME scole (n.), OE scōl < L schola < Gk schol leisure employed in learning]
—Related forms
school‧a‧ble, adjective
schoolless, adjective
schoollike, adjective
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school2 /skul/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skool] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
–verb (used without object) 2. to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME schol(e) < D school; c. OE scolu troop; see shoal2]
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n.
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 college or university.
An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.
A division of an educational institution constituting several grades or classes: advanced to the upper school.
The student body of an educational institution.
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 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.
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.
tr.v. 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.
adj.
Of or relating to school or education in schools: school supplies; a school dictionary.
[Middle English scole, from Old English scl, from Latin schola, scola, from Greek skhol. See segh- in Indo-European Roots.]
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n.
A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal. See Synonyms at flock1.
intr.v. schooled, school·ing, schools
To swim in or form into a school.
[Middle English scole, from Middle Dutch. See skel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
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school
In addition to the idiom beginning with school, also see tell tales (out of school).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" 2: a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn: schoolhouse] 3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?" [syn: schooling] 4: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game" 5: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when schools is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together" [syn: schooltime, school day] 6: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" 7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" [syn: shoal] v 1: educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions" 2: train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise] 3: swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"