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school
1[ skool ]
/ skul /
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noun
adjective
of or connected with a school or schools.
Obsolete. of the schoolmen.
verb (used with object)
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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
1First recorded before 900; Middle English noun scol(e), schole, Old English scōl, scolu, from Latin schola, from Greek scholḗ “leisure employed in learning”
OTHER WORDS FROM school
school·a·ble, adjectiveschool·less, adjectiveschool·like, adjectiveWords nearby school
Other definitions for school (2 of 2)
school2
[ skool ]
/ skul /
noun
a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
verb (used without object)
to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
Origin of school
2First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English schol(e), sculle, from Middle Dutch schōle “flock (of animals),” Dutch school “shoal (of fish)”; cognate with Old English scolu “troop”; see shoal2
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British Dictionary definitions for school (1 of 2)
school1
/ (skuːl) /
noun
verb (tr)
Word Origin for school
Old English scōl, from Latin schola school, from Greek skholē leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge
British Dictionary definitions for school (2 of 2)
school2
/ (skuːl) /
noun
a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together
verb
(intr) to form such a group
Word Origin for school
Old English scolu shoal ²
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