school

Meanings

Plural: schools

Noun

• an educational institution
  • "the school was founded in 1900"
• a building where young people receive education
  • "the school was built in 1932"
  • "he walked to school every morning"
• the process of being formally educated at a school
  • "what will you do when you finish school?"
• a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
  • "the Venetian school of painting"
• the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
  • "stay after school"
  • "he didn't miss a single day of school"
  • "when the school day was done we would walk home together"
• an educational institution's faculty and students
  • "the school keeps parents informed"
  • "the whole school turned out for the game"
• a large group of fish
  • "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
• An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
• An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
• At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
• Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
• An art movement, a community of artists.
• The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
• The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
• The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
• The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
• An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
• A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
• A multitude.

Verb

• educate in or as if in a school
  • "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
  • "She is well schooled in poetry"
• swim in or form a large group of fish
  • "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
• To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
• To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
• To control, or compose, one’s expression.
• To form into, or travel in, a school.

Synonyms

academy, civilise, civilize, college, cultivate, department, educate, faculty, institute, school, school day, schoolhouse, schooling, schooltime, shoal, train, university

Related Words

:Category:Schools, 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, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 542. School, education