school
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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”), 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: schools
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: schole
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: schools
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: schooling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: schooled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: schooled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: schole
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
India
US
countable
uncountable
examples: Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
gloss: An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
examples: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools, said the report, 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. […] In Syria, 3,900 schools have been destroyed, damaged or occupied for purposes other than education since the start of the conflict over two years ago.
gloss: At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
examples: Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
gloss: Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
gloss: An art movement, a community of artists.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: These economists belong to the monetarist school.
Let no man be leſſe confident in his holy faith […] by reason of any difference of judgement vvhich is in the ſeveral Schools of Chriſtians concerning the effects and conſequent bleſſings of this Sacrament.
Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
gloss: The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I’ll see you after school.
gloss: The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He was a gentleman of the old school.
His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools.
gloss: An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
I tooke delights / In plucking Apples from t’Heſperian Trees, / Which Eating, I grew Learn’d: adde to All theſe / My Priuate Readings, which more School’d my Soule, / Then Tutors, when they ſternliest did Controll / With Frownes or Rods: […]
gloss: To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […]
"You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."
"This time I'm gonna school you."
Mr. Harris said he was confident he could go toe to toe with any skeptic; he bragged that he’d recently schooled some crypto haters from Vice News.
The speech dwindled to a halt and there was a smattering of applause from a gathering that was glad just to have been schooled for admitting migrants into their country and backing renewable energy, rather than witnessing a full-on declaration of war on the stage in front of them.
gloss: To control, or compose, one’s expression.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
Synonyms: school
Related words: education
:Category:Schools
Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 542. School
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/36 § graduate school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/39 § high school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/46 § junior high school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/52 § middle school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/57 § normal school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/58 § open classroom school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/65 § preparatory school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/67 § public school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/75 § secondary school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/80 § special school
Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/83 § summer school
Derived words: academy school
after-school
after school special
after-school special
aided school
all-through school
alternative school
approved school
art school
at school
back-to-school
back-to-school night
beacon school
beauty school
Bible school
big school
blab school
boarding school
board school
B-school
b-school
business school
charm school
charter school
Chicago school
choir school
church school
combined school
comprehensive school
continuation school
convent school
cram school
dame school
dance school
dancing school
day school
divinity school
driving school
dual school
elementary school
escalator school
e-school
evening school
every day is a school day
feeder school
film school
finishing school
first school
flying school
forest school
Frankfurt School
freedom school
free school
free school movement
grade school
grad school
graduate school
grammar school
hedge school
high school
home school
industrial school
infant school
in school
in-school suspension
integrated school
intermediate school
international school
jail school
john school
J-school
junior high school
junior school
ladder school
Lake school
language school
last mile school
Latin grammar school
Latin school
law school
library school
life school
little school
lower school
magnet school
medical school
med school
middle school
military school
mission school
moonlight school
music school
national school
national school bus chrome
national-type school
new-school
new school
night school
non-school
nonschool
normal school
nursery school
old school
old-school
out-of-school learning
out-of-school suspension
parish school
parochial school
party school
postsecondary school
pregnancy school
preparatory school
prep school
pre-school
primary school
primary school student
private school
public school
public-school
pushing-school
pushing school
ragged school
real school
reform school
residential school
riding school
rule the school
Sabbath school
safety school
sainik school
samba school
school-age
school age
school-aged
schoolbag
school band
school board
school book
schoolbook
schoolboy
school bus
school-butter
school captain
schoolchild
school class
school committee
school counselor
school crossing attendant
schoolday
school day
school dinner
school dinner lady
school-dinner lady
school district
school division
schoolfellow
schoolfriend
schoolgirl
school glue
school-goer
schoolground
school holiday
school holidays
school horse
school-house
school inspector
schoolkid
school-leaver
school life
schoolma'am
school marm
school-marm
schoolmaster
school mate
school meal
schoolmistress
school night
school of hard knocks
school of the air
school of thought
school pence
school-point
school port
school psychologist
school-ready
school refusal
school resource officer
school-room
school run
school shark
school shooter
school shooting
school sores
school's out
schoolteacher
school teacher
school tie
school-time
school trip
school uniform
school voucher
school-wide
schoolwork
school year
schoolyear
school zone
secondary modern school
secondary school
secondary technical school
selective school
semester school
semi-boarding school
senior high school
senior school
separate school
skip school
ski school
skoo'
smile school
southern school whiting
special school
state school
summer school
Sunday school
talk out of school
teach school
technical school
tell tales out of school
therapeutic boarding school
titan primary school
too cool for school
trade school
training school
truant school
umbrella school
union high school
upper school
Vacation Bible School
vaulting school
vaulting-school
vernacular school
vested school
vestibule school
vocational school
voluntary aided school
voluntary controlled school
Waldorf school
year-round school
schooling
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