School - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |skuːl|  American pronunciation of the word school
Brit.  |skuːl|  British pronunciation of the word school

noun

- an educational institution
the school was founded in 1900
- a building where young people receive education (syn: schoolhouse)
the school was built in 1932
he walked to school every morning
- the process of being formally educated at a school (syn: schooling)
what will you do when you finish school?
- a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
the Venetian school of painting
- the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session (syn: schooltime)
stay after school
he didn't miss a single day of school
when the school day was done we would walk home together
- an educational institution's faculty and students
the school keeps parents informed
the whole school turned out for the game
- a large group of fish (syn: shoal)
a school of small glittering fish swam by

verb

- educate in or as if in a school
The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment (syn: civilize, cultivate, educate, train)
She is well schooled in poetry
- swim in or form a large group of fish
A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait

Extra examples

She works at / in a school.

Their son is still at school.

She left school and went to university.

Every soldier has to be schooled in the care of his weapons.

He is well schooled in languages.

It is difficult for someone with my character to school myself to patience.

His mother always used to pick him up from school.

Which school do you go to (=attend)?

Starting a new school can be quite frightening.

I went back to my old school in West Ham recently to talk to the children there.

School begins at 8.30.

I'll see you after school.

He's one of my old friends from school.

Children start school between the ages of four and five.

He left school at 16 and went to work as a bank clerk.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: school
he/she/it: schools
present participle: schooling
past tense: schooled
past participle: schooled
noun
singular: school
plural: schools
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