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School

//skuːl// noun, verb

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Noun

1
An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. Canada, India, US, countable, uncountable
"Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood."
2
A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. collective
"The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."
3
a building where young people receive education wordnet
4
An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university). British, countable, uncountable
"One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence."
5
A multitude.

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6
the process of being formally educated at a school wordnet
7
At Eton College, a period or session of teaching. UK, countable, uncountable
"Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week."
8
a large group of fish wordnet
9
Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area. countable, uncountable
"We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music."
10
a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers wordnet
11
An art movement, a community of artists. countable, uncountable
"The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic movement of the time."
12
an educational institution wordnet
13
The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought. countable, uncountable
"These economists belong to the monetarist school."
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an educational institution's faculty and students wordnet
15
The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution. countable, uncountable
"I’ll see you after school."
16
the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session wordnet
17
The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held. countable, uncountable
18
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age. countable, uncountable
"He was a gentleman of the old school."
19
An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school). transitive
"Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton."
2
To form into, or travel in, a school. intransitive
3
swim in or form a large group of fish wordnet
4
To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson. transitive
"A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court."
5
educate in or as if in a school wordnet

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To control, or compose, one’s expression. transitive
"She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings."
7
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Doublet of schola and shul. Compare Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), German Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), German Schule (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band”). See school (“group”). Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory”), Old English siġe, sigor (“victory”).

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Etymology 3

From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Frankish *skolu, from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.

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