schooling

[ skoo-ling ]

/ ˈsku lɪŋ /

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noun

the process of being taught in a school.

instruction, education, or training, especially when received in a school.

the act of teaching.

Archaic. a reprimand.

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Origin of schooling

First recorded in 1400–50, schooling is from the late Middle English word scoling. See school¹, -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM schooling

non·school·ing, nounself-school·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby schooling

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Definition for schooling (2 of 3)

school¹

[ skool ]

/ skul /

noun

an 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.

adjective

of or connected with a school or schools.

Obsolete. of the schoolmen.

verb (used with object)

to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train.

Archaic. to reprimand.

Origin of school

before 900; Middle English scole (noun), Old English scōl < Latin schola < Greek scholḗ leisure employed in learning

OTHER WORDS FROM school

school·a·ble, adjectiveschool·less, adjectiveschool·like, adjective

Definition for schooling (3 of 3)

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

1350–1400; Middle English schol(e) < Dutch school; cognate with Old English scolu troop; see shoal²

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British Dictionary definitions for schooling (1 of 3)

schooling

/ (ˈskuːlɪŋ) /

noun

education, esp when received at school

the process of teaching or being taught in a school

the training of an animal, esp of a horse for dressage

an archaic word for reprimand

British Dictionary definitions for schooling (2 of 3)

school¹

/ (skuːl) /

noun

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 subjecta law school

the staff and pupils of a school

the period of instruction in a school or one session of thishe stayed after school to do extra work

meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc

a place or sphere of activity that instructsthe 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 aimsthe Venetian school of painting

a style of lifea gentleman of the old school

informal a group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking

verb (tr)

to train or educate in or as in a school

to discipline or control

an archaic word for reprimand

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 schooling (3 of 3)

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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Idioms and Phrases with schooling

school

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school of hard knocks

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