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   School

   /sko͞ol/

   

   noun

   • 1. an institution for educating children: "Ryder's children did not go to school at all" Similar educational institutioncenter of learningacademycollegealma materrare:phrontistery
   • ▪ the buildings used by an institution for educating children: "the cost of building a new school"
   • ▪ the students and staff of a school: "the principal was addressing the whole school"
   • ▪ a day's work at school: "school started at 7 a.m"
   • 2. any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline: "a dancing school"
   • ▪ a university: informal North American "Harvard is certainly not a loafer's school"
   • ▪ a department or faculty of a college concerned with a particular subject of study: "the School of Dental Medicine" Similar departmentfacultydivision
   • 3. a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing the same or similar ideas, methods, or style: "the Frankfurt school of critical theory" Similar groupsetcirclecliquefactionsectfollowersfollowingdisciplesapostlespupilsstudentsadmirersdevoteesvotariesproponentsadherentsimitatorscopiersemulatorsrare:epigones
   • ▪ a style, approach, or method of a specified character: "filmmakers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema" Similar way of thinkingschool of thoughtpersuasioncreedcredodoctrinebelieffaithoutlookopinionpoint of viewdenominationapproachmethodstyleinformal:ism

   verb

   • 1. send to school; educate: "he was schooled in Boston" Similar educateteachinstruct
   • ▪ train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity: "he schooled her in horsemanship" Similar trainteachtutorcoachinstructupskilldrilldisciplinedirectguidepreparegroommoldshapeformprimeverseindoctrinateinculcate

   Word Origin Old Englishscōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture place’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › schoolSchool Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of SCHOOL is an organization that provides instruction. How to use school in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of School.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySCHOOL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   SCHOOL meaning: 1. a place where children go to be educated: 2. the period of your life during which you go to…. Learn more.

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   School definition: an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age. See examples of SCHOOL used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSCHOOL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SCHOOL definition: 1. a place where children go to be educated: 2. the period of your life during which you go to…. Learn more.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › schoolSchool - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   School is the place you go to learn, and the place you escape from when you play hooky. When you school someone, it means you’ve educated or put that person in his or her place.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSCHOOL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A school is a place where children are educated. You usually refer to this place as school when you are talking about the time that children spend there and the activities that they do there.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › schoolSchool - definition of school by The Free Dictionary

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   Define school. school synonyms, school pronunciation, school translation, English dictionary definition of school. n. 1. An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age. 2. An institution for instruction in a skill or business: a secretarial...

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySCHOOL | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   SCHOOL meaning: 1. a place where children go to be educated: 2. the time that you spend at school: 3. all the…. Learn more.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishschool noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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    Definition of school noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › schoolSchool Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    SCHOOL meaning: 1 : a place where children go to learn often used before another noun; 2 : a college or university