school
1an 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.
of or connected with a school or schools.
Obsolete. of the schoolmen.
Idioms about school
school of hard knocks. See entry at school of hard knocks.
school of thought. See entry at school of thought.
Origin of school
1Other words from school
- school·a·ble, adjective
- school·less, adjective
- school·like, adjective
Other definitions for school (2 of 2)
a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
Origin of school
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How to use school in a sentence
Parents are talking about it, schools are talking about it, even kids themselves are talking about it.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“This is a federal mandate that is causing some real problems for schools across the country,” Kline told a CBS affiliate in July.
While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating | Ellie Schaack | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn neighborhoods such as Harlem, 33 percent of students attend charter schools, a majority of them black or Latino.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPaying for all those pensions inevitably means less money for parks and schools.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThese schools became affiliated Universities, but never equalled the Law University in importance.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorI want to see the sort of thing happening to schools that has already happened to many sorts of retail shops.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsSo much for the attitude of the various schools of religious thought towards the Bible.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHe also instituted primary schools in every commune, and started an cole Normale for the training of teachers.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for school (1 of 2)
/ (skuːl) /
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
to train or educate in or as in a school
to discipline or control
an archaic word for reprimand
Origin of school
1British Dictionary definitions for school (2 of 2)
/ (skuːl) /
a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together
(intr) to form such a group
Origin of school
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with school
In addition to the idiom beginning with school
- school of hard knocks
also see:
- tell tales (out of school)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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