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   school

   /skuːl/

   noun

   • 1. an institution for educating children: "Ryder's children did not go to school at all" Similar educational institutioncentre of learningacademycollegealma materrare:phrontistery
   • ▪ the buildings used by a school: "the cost of building a new school"
   • ▪ the pupils and staff of a school: "the head addressed 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 university concerned with a particular subject of study: "the School of Medicine" Similar departmentfacultydivision
   • 3. a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing similar ideas or methods: "the Frankfurt school of critical theory" Similar groupsetcirclecliquefactionsectfollowersfollowingdisciplesapostlespupilsstudentsadmirersdevoteesvotariesproponentsadherentsimitatorscopiersemulatorsrare:epigones
   • ▪ a style, approach, or method of a specified character: "film-makers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema" Similar way of thinkingschool of thoughtpersuasioncreedcredodoctrinebelieffaithoutlookopinionpoint of viewdenominationapproachmethodstyleinformal:ism
   • 4. (at Oxford University) the hall in which final examinations are held. British
   • ▪ final examinations: "I never took schools. I was ill"
   • 5. a group gambling together: British "a poker school"
   • ▪ a group of people drinking together in a bar and taking turns to buy the drinks: informal British "I ordered a pint of bitter for myself—I didn't want to get into a school"

   verb

   • 1. send to school; educate: formal North American "Taverier was born in Paris and schooled in Lyon" Similar educateteachinstruct
   • ▪ train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity: "he schooled her in horsemanship" Similar trainteachtutorcoachinstructupskilldrilldisciplinedirectguidepreparegroommouldshapeformprimeverseindoctrinateinculcate
   • 2. train (a horse) on the flat or over fences: "if you have schooled your horse properly, your riding will look better"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a Xhosa) educated and westernized: South African "economic considerations persuaded many Xhosa not to become school by opting for a Western lifestyle"
   • ▪ (of a name) of Western origin: South African "it embarrasses me to be called by the school name I was given at church"

   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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