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   school

   /sko͞ol/

   noun

   • 1. an institution for educating children: "Ryder's children did not go to school at all" Similar educational institutioncenter of learningacademycollegealma materrare:phrontistery
   • ▪ the buildings used by an institution for educating children: "the cost of building a new school"
   • ▪ the students and staff of a school: "the principal was addressing the whole school"
   • ▪ a day's work at school: "school started at 7 a.m"
   • 2. any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline: "a dancing school"
   • ▪ a university: informal North American "Harvard is certainly not a loafer's school"
   • ▪ a department or faculty of a college concerned with a particular subject of study: "the School of Dental Medicine" Similar departmentfacultydivision
   • 3. a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing the same or similar ideas, methods, or style: "the Frankfurt school of critical theory" Similar groupsetcirclecliquefactionsectfollowersfollowingdisciplesapostlespupilsstudentsadmirersdevoteesvotariesproponentsadherentsimitatorscopiersemulatorsrare:epigones
   • ▪ a style, approach, or method of a specified character: "filmmakers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema" Similar way of thinkingschool of thoughtpersuasioncreedcredodoctrinebelieffaithoutlookopinionpoint of viewdenominationapproachmethodstyleinformal:ism

   verb

   • 1. send to school; educate: "he was schooled in Boston" Similar educateteachinstruct
   • ▪ train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity: "he schooled her in horsemanship" Similar trainteachtutorcoachinstructupskilldrilldisciplinedirectguidepreparegroommoldshapeformprimeverseindoctrinateinculcate

   Word Origin Old Englishscōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture place’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › schoolSchool Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word school, from an institution for teaching and learning to a group of persons with common beliefs or practices. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related articles.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCHOOL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of school as a place, time, group, or subject of education, and as a type of animal. See how to use school in sentences and idioms with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   SCHOOL meaning: 1. a place where children go to be educated: 2. the period of your life during which you go to…. Learn more.

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   School definition: an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age. See examples of SCHOOL used in a sentence.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCHOOL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word school in English, from a place where children are educated to a group of fish or dolphins. See synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and examples of school in different contexts.

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   When you school someone, it means you’ve educated or put that person in his or her place. School has its roots in the Greek skhole. That word originally had the sense of “leisure,” which evolved into a “place for discussion,” so you can see how school came to have its modern meaning.

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