school

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Pronunciation
/skuːl/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

Example Sentences
  • The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
2 Definition

A multitude.

3 Definition

An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

Example Sentences
  • Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
4 Definition

An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).

5 Definition

At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.

Example Sentences
  • Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
6 Definition

Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

Example Sentences
  • We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
7 Definition

An art movement, a community of artists.

Example Sentences
  • The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time.
8 Definition

(considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.

Example Sentences
  • These economists belong to the monetarist school.
9 Definition

The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.

Example Sentences
  • I'll see you after school.
10 Definition

The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.

11 Definition

The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.

Example Sentences
  • He was a gentleman of the old school.
12 Definition

An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.

2 Definition

To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

Example Sentences
  • Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
3 Definition

To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.

4 Definition

To control, or compose, one's expression.

Example Sentences
  • She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.