school

[ skool ]

/ skul /

noun

an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.

an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.

a college or university.

a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction: summer school.

a session of such a course: no school today; to be kept after school.

the activity or process of learning under instruction, especially at a school for the young: As a child, I never liked school.

one's formal education: They plan to be married when he finishes school.

a building housing a school.

the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution: The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.

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.

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.

any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.

the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc.: the Platonic school of philosophy.

Art.

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.
the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity: the French school.

any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.

Military, Navy. parts of close-order drill applying to the individual (school of the soldier), the squad (school of the squad), or the like.

Australian and New Zealand Informal. a group of people gathered together, especially for gambling or drinking.

schools, Archaic. the faculties of a university.

Obsolete. the schoolmen in a medieval university.

adjective

of or connected with a school or schools.

Obsolete. of the schoolmen.

verb (used with object)

to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train.

Archaic. to reprimand.

Origin of school

before 900; Middle English scole (noun), Old English scōl < Latin schola < Greek scholḗ leisure employed in learning

OTHER WORDS FROM school

school·a·ble, adjective school·less, adjective school·like, adjective

Words nearby school

scholiast, scholium, schollander, schomburg, schongauer, school, school age, school attendance officer, school board, school bus, school certificate

Definition for schools (2 of 2)

school ²

[ skool ]

/ skul /

noun

a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.

verb (used without object)

to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.

Origin of school

1350–1400; Middle English schol(e) < Dutch school; cognate with Old English scolu troop; see shoal²

Example sentences from the Web for schools

Parents are talking about it, schools are talking about it, even kids themselves are talking about it.

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“This is a federal mandate that is causing some real problems for schools across the country,” Kline told a CBS affiliate in July.

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While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.

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Paying for all those pensions inevitably means less money for parks and schools.

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A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.

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It was the wise guidance, judicious and calm leadership of the men in these schools that saved the day at Atlanta.

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And considering the pressure of the necessary preparation for schools, the temptation to shun the byways is very great.

An American at Oxford |John Corbin
We ought to take quite a place in the county, and challenge other schools for matches.

For the School Colours |Angela Brazil
The Protestants of Paris had not at that time either churches or clergy, but they already had schools.

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The lecture topics—widely advertised through the schools and elsewhere—cover every field of thought.

The New Education |Scott Nearing

British Dictionary definitions for schools (1 of 3)

Schools

/ (skuːlz) /

pl n

the Schools the medieval Schoolmen collectively

(at Oxford University)

the Examination Schools, the University building in which examinations are held
informal the Second Public Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts; finals

British Dictionary definitions for schools (2 of 3)

school ¹

/ (skuːl) /

noun

an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education
(as modifier)school bus; school day
(in combination)schoolroom; schoolwork

any educational institution or building

a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject a law school

the staff and pupils of a school

the period of instruction in a school or one session of this he stayed after school to do extra work

meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc

a place or sphere of activity that instructs the school of hard knocks

a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods

a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style, teachers, or aims the Venetian school of painting

a style of life a gentleman of the old school

informal a group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking

verb (tr)

to train or educate in or as in a school

to discipline or control

an archaic word for reprimand

Word Origin for school

Old English scōl, from Latin schola school, from Greek skholē leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge

British Dictionary definitions for schools (3 of 3)

school ²

/ (skuːl) /

noun

a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together

verb

(intr) to form such a group

Word Origin for school

Old English scolu shoal ²

Idioms and Phrases with schools

school

In addition to the idiom beginning with school

school of hard knocks

also see:

tell tales (out of school)

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