school

Meaning

Noun

1. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
2. (British, countable, uncountable) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
3. (UK, countable, uncountable) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
4. (countable, uncountable) Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
5. (countable, uncountable) An art movement, a community of artists.
6. (countable, uncountable) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
7. (countable, uncountable) The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
8. (countable, uncountable) The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
9. (countable, uncountable) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
10. (countable, uncountable) An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

Verb

1. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
2. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
3. (transitive) To control, or compose, one’s expression.

Verb

To form into, or travel in, a school.

Synonyms

flock

college

herd

train

🚋

academy

shoal

educate

pack

institute

swarm

group

crowd

university

schoolhouse

cluster

faculty

teach

school of thought

sect

pod

scholastic

bunch

flight

✈️

grammar school

bevy

department

horde

instruct

civilise

schooltime

circle

⭕

schooling

party

🥳

pride

orientation

course

lesson

section

company

colony

gaggle

faction

institution

drove

cloud

☁️

discipline

educational

break in

mob

class

Translations

école

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Schule

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scuola

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escuela

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escola

🏫

school

🏫

σχολείο

escola

🏫

okul

🏫

schola

colegio

🏫

collège

مدرسة

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dibistan

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/skuːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scole

Inherited from Old English: scōl

Cognate with Old Frisian: skūle

Cognate with Western Frisian: skoalle

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Skoule

Cognate with Dutch: school

Cognate with Old High German: scuola

Cognate with German: Schule

Cognate with Bavarian: Schui

Cognate with Old Norse: skóli

Cognate with Middle Dutch: scole

Cognate with German: Sieg

Cognate with Old High German: sigi

Cognate with Old English: siġe

Cognate with Middle Low German: schōle

Cognate with Old English: scolu

In summary

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”), German 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”).

Sentences

The school has an annual drama performance .

They studied with a private tutor after leaving the school .

The new High School was built in Fallsburg.

The area is served by the Sharyland Independent School District .

After some competition , Albertville was awarded the school for the Seventh District .

He was most influenced by the kindergartens in Hamburg and the Swiss school system .