1school1 (skuːl
)
Definitions
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 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
verb (tr)
- to train or educate in or as in a school
- to discipline or control
- an archaic word for reprimand
Word Origin
Old English scōl, from Latin schola school, from Greek skholē leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledgeSynonyms
View thesaurus entry2school2 (skuːl)
Definitions
noun
- a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together
verb
- (intr) to form such a group
Word Origin
Old English scolushoal²Quotations
"School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you"
"A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience"
Translations
- British English:
school
A school is a place where people go to learn.Most of the pupils travel to school by bus. Many new schools have been built.skuːl NOUN Most of the pupils travel to school by bus. Many new schools have been built.
- Spanish:
colegio
nm
- French:
école
nf
- German:
Schule
nf
- Chinese: 学校 n
- Arabic: مَدْرَسَة n
- Portuguese: escola nf
- Russian: школа nf
- Croatian: škola nf
- Czech: škola nf
- Danish: skole nutr
- Dutch: school n
- Finnish: koulu n
- Greek: σχολείο nnt
- Italian: scuola nf
- Japanese: 学校 n
- Korean: 학교 n
- Norwegian: skole nm
- Polish: szkoła nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: escola nf
- European Spanish:
colegio
nm
- Swedish: skola nutr
- Thai: โรงเรียน n
- Turkish: okul n
- Vietnamese: trường học n
Usage examples
And Hitler and Wittgenstein were in the same class at school.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)Outbuildings including two large barns with loose boxes, field stabling and sand school.
Country Life (2004)Some 41 per cent said they had not received sex education at school.
Irish Times (2002)And Manish school shut its doors last June, for the last time.
Glasgow Herald (2001)However, the days of the private medical school were numbered.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)