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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.

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   What does Schol mean?

   • a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together. to form into, or go in, a school, as fish. First recorded before 900; Middle English noun scol (e), schole, Old English scōl, scolu, from Latin schola, from Greek scholḗ “leisure employed in learning”

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   Where did school come from?

   • School has its roots in the Greek skhole. That word originally had the sense of “leisure,” which evolved into a “place for discussion,” so you can see how school came to have its modern meaning. School, as in "school of thought," can describe a group of people bonded together by shared principles.

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   What does school mean in hooky?

   • 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. School has its roots in the Greek skhole.

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   What does school mean?

   • escola, uma escola de dança, línguas… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! 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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   Definitions of school. noun. an educational institution. “the school was founded in 1900” see more. noun. a building where young people receive education. “the school was built in 1932” “he walked to school every morning” synonyms: schoolhouse. see more. noun. an educational institution's faculty and students. “the school keeps parents informed”

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