English dictionary
school
/sk/u/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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an educational institution
ExamplesThe school was founded in 1900.
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a building where young people receive education
ExamplesThe school was built in 1932.
He walked to school every morning.
Synonyms schoolhouseSource: WordNet 3.0
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the process of being formally educated at a school
ExamplesWhat will you do when you finish school?
Synonyms schoolingSource: WordNet 3.0
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a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
ExamplesThe Venetian school of painting.
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the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
ExamplesStay after school.
He didn't miss a single day of school.
When the school day was done we would walk home together.
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an educational institution's faculty and students
ExamplesThe school keeps parents informed.
The whole school turned out for the game.
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a large group of fish
ExamplesA school of small glittering fish swam by.
Synonyms shoalSource: WordNet 3.0
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A shoal; a multitude; as, a <i>school</i> of fish.
Source: webster1913
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A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the <i>school</i> of the prophets.
Source: webster1913
verb
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educate in or as if in a school
ExamplesThe children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions.
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teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
ExamplesShe is well schooled in poetry.
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swim in or form a large group of fish
ExamplesA cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait.
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To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.
Source: webster1913