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school en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [skuɫ] (General-American)
  • /skʉːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [skuːɫ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [skʉːɫ] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /skuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /skɪʉːl/ Local Dublin
  • /skʉl/ Scotland, Northern Ireland, pull-pool
  • sko͞ol
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /skul/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /(ɪ)sk(h)uːl/ (South-Asia)

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”).

Meanings

  1. (Canada, India, US, countable, uncountable) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
    • Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
    • Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
    • Just one more tardy and you'll be staying after school.
  2. (UK, countable, uncountable) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
    • 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. 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, page 1:
  3. (UK, countable, uncountable) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
    • Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
  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.
    • We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
  5. (countable, uncountable) An art movement, a community of artists.
    • 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.
  6. (countable, qualifier:considered collectively, uncountable) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
    • 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. 1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Of the Nature, Excellencies, Uses and Intention of the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. Sect[ion] V. Practical Conclusions from the Preceding Discourses.”, in The Worthy Communicant or A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper […], London: […] R. Norton for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas […], published 1661, →OCLC, pages 90–91:
    • Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  7. (countable, uncountable) The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
    • I’ll see you after school.
  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.
    • He was a gentleman of the old school.
    • His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools. 1883, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, But Yet a Woman:
  10. (countable, uncountable) An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
schools Number=Plur lexicographic
schole alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Coordinates

polytechnic (institution providing primary and secondary education) · college (institution providing primary and secondary education) · kindergarten (institution providing primary and secondary education) · nursery school (institution providing primary and secondary education) · university (institution providing primary and secondary education)

Deriveds

school division · Alexandrian school · school district · school run · voluntary aided school · in school · finishing school · school-butter · riding school · art school · first school · school marm · school horse · ragged school · film school · school psychologist · school-leaver · school crossing attendant · sainik school · comprehensive school · blab school · schoolma'am · church school · school night · school teacher · party school · school bus · school's out · junior school · vested school · schoolchild · after-school special · national school bus chrome · moonlight school · school-marm · lower school · therapeutic boarding school · special school · Lake school · training school · teach school · skoo' · beauty school · middle school · schoolbook · escalator school · schoolbag · clown school · school shooting · schoolfriend · Bible school · school age · schoolgirl · out-of-school learning · mission school · vocational school · school mate · back-to-school · feeder school · board school · school-time · reform school · pregnancy school · school committee · schoolday · school pence · school-goer · beacon school · school-house · ski school · private school · secondary modern school · grade school · school dinner · pre-school · school sores · residential school · Chicago school · nursery school · graduate school · technical school · semester school · rule the school · summer school · school meal · old-school · skip school · vaulting-school · new-school · school of the air · union high school · too cool for school · nonschool · school inspector · high school · parish school · cram school · home school · out-of-school suspension · school class · school band · language school · secondary school · schoolground · schoolboy · primary school · library school · boarding school · tell tales out of school · infant school · senior high school · public-school · Sabbath school · school holiday · school captain · aided school · selective school · grammar school · schoolfellow · junior high school · old school · back-to-school night · year-round school · vernacular school · preparatory school · national school · Latin school · school voucher · school zone · life school · pushing-school · safety school · combined school · music school · flying school · national-type school · school-age · vaulting school · senior school · dancing school · med school · school trip · Vacation Bible School · dame school · international school · samba school · postsecondary school · pushing school · school shark · voluntary controlled school · magnet school · school book · school-ready · integrated school · intermediate school · titan primary school · military school · school day · alternative school · school counselor · charter school · jail school · southern school whiting · school refusal · school-room · big school · school of hard knocks · industrial school · day school · school glue · school dinner lady · convent school · john school · school-wide · school-dinner lady · academy school · new school · continuation school · school board · Latin grammar school · free school · school of thought · secondary technical school · dance school · primary school student · schoolkid · medical school · semi-boarding school · separate school · law school · trade school · school holidays · night school · schoolwork · normal school · schoolyear · schoolmaster · grad school · free school movement · non-school · school uniform · charm school · smile school · Waldorf school · school cap · forest school · b-school · real school · e-school · schoolmistress · every day is a school day · choir school · prep school · in-school suspension · parochial school · school life · upper school · business school · B-school · school year · talk out of school · state school · school-aged · school shooter · vestibule school · ladder school · at school · public school · approved school · umbrella school · divinity school · truant school · schoolteacher · all-through school · school tie · school resource officer · Sunday school · school port · driving school · dual school · after school special · J-school · freedom school · last mile school · after-school · evening school · hedge school · little school · elementary school · school-point · Frankfurt School

Descendants

skuli · skul · kula · skul · skul · skul · shkul · skuul · kura · sikul · skule · skul

Hypernyms

organization · institution

Hyponyms

high school · kindergarten · nursery school · middle school · junior high school · elementary school · university · preschool · primary school · boarding school · junior high · secondary modern school · secondary school · comprehensive school · grammar school · graduate school · junior college · college · polytechnic · grade school

Meronyms

classroom

Relateds

Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/57 § normal school · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 542. School · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/80 § special school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/65 § preparatory school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/39 § high school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/58 § open classroom school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/83 § summer school · :Category:Schools · education · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/67 § public school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/46 § junior high school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/36 § graduate school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/75 § secondary school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/52 § middle school

Synonyms

school · faculty · college · college · institute · university · department · academy

Translations (698)

zh 學校 /学校 (college or university) · be шко́ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · pam iskuela (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · yue 書館 /书馆 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ka სკოლა (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · zh 學校 /学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · sh fakùltēt (a department/institute at a college or university) · hil eskuwela (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · abs iskola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · lou lékòl (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hi संप्रदाय ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · tpi skul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ne इस्कुल (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gu વિદ્યાલય (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · es facultad (college or university) · cy ysgol (college or university) · se skuvla (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sms škooul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · enm scole (a department/institute at a college or university) · sh шко̑ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · br skol-veur (college or university) · pa ਸਕੂਲ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sv lära ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · zh(an art movement) · syl ꠁꠍ꠆ꠇꠥꠟ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sat ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tk mekdep (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sv skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · sh akademija (college or university) · io skolo ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ru уче́ние ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · sv skola ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · af skool ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ca escola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tk medrese (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ja 大学 (college or university) · zh 畫派 /画派 (an art movement) · nn skule (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · nb skole ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · fa مَدْرَسَه (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · da skole (college or university) · sh škȏla (a department/institute at a college or university) · zh 大學 /大学 (college or university) · rm scola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · enm scole (college or university) · sh škȏla (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ckt каԓеткоран (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bn বিদ্যালয় (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mt università (college or university) · vi trường (college or university) · pl szkoła (an art movement) · lt mokykla (college or university) · hu fakultás (a department/institute at a college or university) · ht lekòl (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · de Schule (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ru учи́лище (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hy դպրոց (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ijc sukúlù (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · luq ilé igué (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tr okul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ln sukulu (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tr ekol ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · za hagdangz (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · de Schule ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · cv шкул (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sw shule (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · be шко́ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · jje ᄒᆞᆨ교 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · za ranzhag (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · es escuela (an art movement) · cop ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh ка̀те̄дра (a department/institute at a college or university) · sga scol (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · csb szkòła (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ia schola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hy դպրոց ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · et kool (college or university) · mk училиште (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tr fakülte (a department/institute at a college or university) · cop ⲁⲛⲍⲏⲃ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · he אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה (college or university) · sco skuil (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pot skonwgëmêk (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · zh 學校 /学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · oc escòla (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl pamantasan (college or university) · ur تَعْلِیمی اِدارَہ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mr शाळा (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · id sekolah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · khb ᦷᦣᧂᦵᦣᧃ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hu iskola ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ms kolej (college or university) · tt мәдрәсә (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pl szkoła (a department/institute at a college or university) · ca escola (college or university) · af leer ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ff janngirde (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · cdo 大學 /大学 (college or university) · ar قِسِم (a department/institute at a college or university) · ja 学び舎 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh факу̀лте̄т (college or university) · ko 학파 ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · bni sukulu (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ar مدرسة (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · zh 學校 /学校 (a department/institute at a college or university) · sh шко̑ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · kmr qutabxane (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · br skolioù ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · hy բուհ (college or university) · mr महाविद्यालय (college or university) · kl atuarfik (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tr okul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · az məktəb (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh škȏla ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ar مَدْرَسَة (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hy ֆակուլտետ (a department/institute at a college or university) · lv skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bn মাদ্রাসা (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · lb Schoul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sc isciola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · igl ìchèkpúlù (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sc iscola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · yi שול (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ro școală (a department/institute at a college or university) · uk учи́лище (college or university) · ps مدرسه (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pl szkoła (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · wuu 學堂 /学堂 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · eo lernejo (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bg учи́лище (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · nb fakultet (a department/institute at a college or university) · hu intézet (a department/institute at a college or university) · sc scola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl aral ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · esu eskuulaq (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sd ڪاليج (college or university) · cy ysgol (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gl escola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · yi שולע (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · vi trường phái (an art movement) · sat ᱵᱤᱨᱫᱟᱹᱜᱟᱲ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · pt colégio (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · os скъола (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · my ကျောင်း (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · it scuola ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · kk медресе (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ru консервато́рия (college or university) · et koolkond ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · hu iskola (an establishment offering specialized instruction (driving etc.)) · gl colexio (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · wym śül (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · la audītōrium (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · br skol (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · itk scuola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bal وانتجاہ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · vi trường (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · de Universität (college or university) · uk факульте́т (a department/institute at a college or university) · lad סקולה (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · grc αἵρεσις ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · fur scuele (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ky окул (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pdt School (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · cs škola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ba мәҙрәсә (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · lld scola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ady еджапӏэ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mhn schual (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · stq Skoule (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ko 학교 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · st sekolo (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · cdo 學堂 /学堂 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · es facultad (a department/institute at a college or university) · sk škola (a department/institute at a college or university) · sl šola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ga scoil ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · prg skūli (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · zh щүәтон (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · kmr medrese (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · de Fakultät (a department/institute at a college or university) · sv skola (an art movement) · bg шко́ла (an establishment offering specialized instruction (driving etc.)) · nl universiteit (college or university) · bg коле́ж (college or university) · ar مَدْرَسَة ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · it università (college or university) · ro gimnaziu (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · vec scoła (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ms sekolah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · es universidad (college or university) · ru шко́ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · kxd sikulah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh kàtēdra (a department/institute at a college or university) · vi trường học (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · la schola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ce ишкол (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · luq ilé iwé (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sk škola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pl buda (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ky медресе (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mt istitut (college or university) · da skole (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ml വിദ്യാലയം (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uz madrasa (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gl colexio universitario (college or university) · cjy 學校 /学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uz shkola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · vi trường phái ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ro facultate (college or university) · mi kura (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · hni xoqxaof (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · eu eskola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ar مدرسة (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uk учи́лище (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · as পঢ়াশালি (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ia schola (college or university) · eu ikastetxe (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ang scōl (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · it facoltà (a department/institute at a college or university) · ro școală ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · an escuela (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bal وانگ جاہ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mr शाळा (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl eskuwelahan (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · la collēgium (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sk škola (college or university) · el σχολείο (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · nl school ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ru шко́ла (an establishment offering specialized instruction (driving etc.)) · la lūdus (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fi koulukunta (an art movement) · it scuola (an art movement) · gd sgoil ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · so iskuul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · kn ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mi wharekura (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ovd skaule (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ti ቤት-ትምህርቲ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mt skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl departamento (a department/institute at a college or university) · ja 学派 ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · sw shule (college or university) · it facoltà (college or university) · de Hochschule (college or university) · hu irányzat (an art movement) · ga scoil (a department/institute at a college or university) · abs skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sah оскуола (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · haw kula (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh универзитет (college or university) · ce школа (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gd sgoil (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ur دَبِسْتان (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hsn 學堂 /学堂 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hu kar (a department/institute at a college or university) · az mədrəsə (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hu képző (an establishment offering specialized instruction (driving etc.)) · zh щүәщё (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · io skolo (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · it scuola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pl nurt (an art movement) · ug مەكتەپ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · yue 學校 /学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · es escuela (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · hi विद्यालय (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ga scoil (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh шко̑ла ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · nb skole (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pam pipágarálan (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ru вы́сшее уче́бное заведе́ние (college or university) · zza mektev (diq) (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · frr Skuul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · wal luxetta keettaa (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sq shkollë (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · qu yachay wasi (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · nup mankan̄ta (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · dar ушкул (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fi koulu (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · zh 學校 /学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · rsk школа (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ife sùkúrù (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl pakultad (a department/institute at a college or university) · mk школа (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh fakùltēt (college or university) · kmr dibistan (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fr faculté (college or university) · ff 𞤣𞤵𞤯𞤢𞤤 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tet eskola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · rsk школа (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · te పాఠశాల (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hi गुरुकुल (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sh свеу̀чилӣште (college or university) · ngh skoolsi (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · jv ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · pt doutrina ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ar مدرسة (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · am ትምህርት ቤት (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · rup sculie (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · br skol ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · lo ໂຮງຮຽນ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fa دَبِسْتان (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ko 대학교 (college or university) · iba sekula (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · rup sculii (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · lut ʔugʷusaɬalʔtxʷ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sv institution (a department/institute at a college or university) · ur دَرْس گاہ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bin èsùkú (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · vi phân khoa (a department/institute at a college or university) · fa دَبِسْتَان (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · as পঢ়াশালি (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · pt faculdade (college or university) · scn scola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sv högskola (college or university) · ps مکتب (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · mt kulleġġ (college or university) · sk škola ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · sv skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ko 학원 (an establishment offering specialized instruction (driving etc.)) · as স্কুল (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · io skolo (college or university) · ur مَکْتَب (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fr école (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · vo jul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · km សាលារៀន (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · arc ܡܕܪܫܬܐ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ur مَکْتَب (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ja 大学 (a department/institute at a college or university) · si පාසැල (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · km សាលារៀន (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bn স্কুল (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sa विद्यालय (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · nup mákáńtá (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bn মকতব (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hrx Schul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ur اِسْکُول (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sv universitet (college or university) · he מִכְלָלָה (college or university) · izh oppi (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ru учи́лище (college or university) · mk школо (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · kn ಶಾಲೆ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · nl school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · nap scola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ast escuela (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ckb مهکتهب (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · as স্কুল (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · tl sangay (a department/institute at a college or university) · id universitas (college or university) · tl eskuwelahan (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · as বিদ্যালয় (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · pa ਮਦਰੱਸਾ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · id departemen (a department/institute at a college or university) · ab апхьарта (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fr collège (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uk акаде́мія (college or university) · vi trường đại học (college or university) · cs škola (college or university) · sl šola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ar جَامِعَة (college or university) · sv skolbildning ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · nl school (an art movement) · lmo scola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · yue 大學 /大学 (college or university) · rue шко́ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · qu yachay wasi (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uk інститу́т (college or university) · fa مَدْرَسَه (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · fa مَدْرِسِه (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ru акаде́мия (college or university) · lad skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ms sekolah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ru ка́федра (a department/institute at a college or university) · et kool ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ru шко́ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hsb šula (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · eo skolo ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · sk škola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · gl universidade (college or university) · lt mokykla ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · cho holisso apisa (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · yai мактаб (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uk коле́дж (college or university) · fa مَدْرِسِه (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gv scoill (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ms madrasah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · esu elitnaurvik (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · eu ikastola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · te విద్యాలయం (college or university) · pl uczelnia (college or university) · id sekolah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ru колле́дж (college or university) · uz maktab (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl paaralan (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · lv skola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · yo ilé-ìwé (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gl faculdade (college or university) · jv ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ja 学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sd اسڪول (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · gu સ્કૂલ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · he בֵּית סֵפֶר (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · af departement (a department/institute at a college or university) · grc διδασκαλεῖον (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ro școală (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · et kool (a department/institute at a college or university) · enm scole ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · so duqsi (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · id fakultas (a department/institute at a college or university) · te విద్యాలయం (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · rgn scöla (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pa سکول (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gd sgoil (a department/institute at a college or university) · bg шко́ла (an art movement) · ml വിദ്യാലയം (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · id sekolah (a department/institute at a college or university) · ga scoil (college or university) · kmr fêrgeh (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · la ūniversitās (college or university) · tk uçilişşe (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · br kevrenn (a department/institute at a college or university) · fr école (an art movement) · ar مدرسة (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · lv skola ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · ilo eskuela (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bua һургуули (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · shu لكول (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pap skol (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · kk оқыл (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pt faculdade (a department/institute at a college or university) · et kool (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · cy ysgol ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · sh академија (college or university) · ff 𞤶𞤢𞤲𞥆𞤺𞤪𞤣𞤫 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bg шко́ла (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pms scòla (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pa یونیورسٹی (college or university) · kld dhiirrabaa (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sq mësonjëtore (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ar كُلِّيَّة (college or university) · fr université (college or university) · ijc fúntolumọwarị (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · be вучы́лішча (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · si ඉස්කෝලය (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fr école (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ms universiti (college or university) · hak 學校 /学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · de Schule (an art movement) · ff duɗal (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · niu fale aoga (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · gl escola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · my တက္ကသိုလ် (college or university) · luq lewé (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · cs škola (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · lmo scöla (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ngh skualsi (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · bg факулте́т (a department/institute at a college or university) · ps ښوونځی (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ro școală medie (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · ar مَدْرَسَة (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · bo སློབ་གྲྭ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · el σχολείο (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · se allaskuvla (college or university) · sh медрѐса (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fi koulukunta ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · af kollege (college or university) · he אסכולה ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · dsb šula (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ja 学校 (a department/institute at a college or university) · khb ᦷᦣᧂᦉᦸᧃ (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · ja 学校 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · vi phân khoa đại học (a department/institute at a college or university) · bn পাঠশালা (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · av школа (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · fi tiedekunta (a department/institute at a college or university) · rm scoula (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · km សាលា (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · uk університе́т (college or university) · la collēgium (college or university) · xnb tarisinata (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · io skolo (a department/institute at a college or university) · hak 學堂 /学堂 (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · el σχολή (a department/institute at a college or university) · hu egyetem (college or university) · enm scole (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tl institusyon (a department/institute at a college or university) · sv fakultet (a department/institute at a college or university) · fr collège (college or university) · mn сургууль (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · zh 學派 /学派 ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · hi विभाग (a department/institute at a college or university) · za sawfuengz (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · pl szkoła (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · hi पाठशाला (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) · aot skul (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · sea sekulah (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) · tr üniversite (college or university) · sh univerzitet (college or university) · sw shule ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) · hy դպրոց (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning)

school en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [skuɫ] (General-American)
  • /skʉːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [skuːɫ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [skʉːɫ] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /skuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /skɪʉːl/ Local Dublin
  • /skʉl/ Scotland, Northern Ireland, pull-pool
  • sko͞ol
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /skul/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /(ɪ)sk(h)uːl/ (South-Asia)

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”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
    • 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: […] 1620, Tho[mas] Dekker, “The Worme of Conscience”, in Dekker His Dreame. In Which, Beeing Rapt with a Poeticall Enthusiasme, the Great Volumes of Heauen and Hell to Him Were Opened, in Which He Read Many Wonderfull Things., London: Nicholas Okes, →OCLC, page 35:
  2. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
    • 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. 2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • 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. 2026 January 21, Julian Borger, “Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court. 1998 April 13, Leigh Jones, “National Bar Exam Methods Win in ADA Regulation Test”, in The Journal Record:
    • 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 […] 2006, Steve Smith, Forever Red: Confessions of a Cornhusker Football Fan, page 67:
    • "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson." "This time I'm gonna school you." 2007, Peter David, Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 3, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 216:
  3. (transitive) To control, or compose, one’s expression.
    • She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
schools Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
schooled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
schooled Tense=Past lexicographic
schooling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
schole alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

schooling

Translations (50)

no skolere (to educate, teach, or train) · sh škȍlovati (to educate, teach, or train) · ro instrui (to educate, teach, or train) · el εκπαιδεύω (to educate, teach, or train) · sl učiti (to educate, teach, or train) · de schulen (to educate, teach, or train) · ro învăța (to educate, teach, or train) · fi kouluttaa (to educate, teach, or train) · pt instruir (to educate, teach, or train) · ru учи́ть (to educate, teach, or train) · sh škȏlati (to educate, teach, or train) · nl scholen (to educate, teach, or train) · sh шко̑лати (to educate, teach, or train) · pt escolarizar (to educate, teach, or train) · es escolarizar (to educate, teach, or train) · tl magturo (to educate, teach, or train) · no utdanne (to educate, teach, or train) · uk навча́ти (to educate, teach, or train) · ro școlariza (to educate, teach, or train) · tl turuan (to educate, teach, or train) · sv skola (to educate, teach, or train) · el διαπαιδαγωγώ (to educate, teach, or train) · af skool (to educate, teach, or train) · zh 訓練 /训练 (to educate, teach, or train) · tl sanayin (to educate, teach, or train) · sh obučávati (to educate, teach, or train) · ms mendidik (to educate, teach, or train) · pt ensinar (to educate, teach, or train) · ia instruer (to educate, teach, or train) · sw shule (to educate, teach, or train) · tr eğitim vermek (to educate, teach, or train) · zh 教育 (to educate, teach, or train) · de unterrichten (to educate, teach, or train) · ro antrena (to educate, teach, or train) · el διδάσκω (to educate, teach, or train) · sh шко̏ловати (to educate, teach, or train) · br kelenn (to educate, teach, or train) · sh обуча́вати (to educate, teach, or train) · he לימד (to educate, teach, or train) · hi शिक्षण (to educate, teach, or train) · no skole (to educate, teach, or train) · ia inseniar (to educate, teach, or train) · es educar (to educate, teach, or train) · ia educar (to educate, teach, or train) · pt educar (to educate, teach, or train) · bg обучавам (to educate, teach, or train) · ro educa (to educate, teach, or train) · no lære opp (to educate, teach, or train) · br skoliata (to educate, teach, or train) · sv lära (to educate, teach, or train)

school en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [skuɫ] (General-American)
  • /skʉːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [skuːɫ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [skʉːɫ] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /skuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /skɪʉːl/ Local Dublin
  • /skʉl/ Scotland, Northern Ireland, pull-pool
  • sko͞ol
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /skul/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /(ɪ)sk(h)uːl/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.

Meanings

  1. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
    • Here there were concentrations of shrimp and bait fish and sometimes schools of squid in the deepest holes and these rose close to the surface at night where all the wandering fish fed on them. 1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 28:
    • The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
  2. A multitude.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skull alternative, obsolete lexicographic
schools Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

organization · institution

Hyponyms

high school · kindergarten · nursery school · middle school · junior high school · elementary school · university · preschool · primary school · boarding school · junior high · secondary modern school · secondary school · comprehensive school · grammar school · graduate school · junior college · college · polytechnic · grade school

Meronyms

classroom

Relateds

Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/57 § normal school · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 542. School · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/80 § special school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/65 § preparatory school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/39 § high school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/58 § open classroom school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/83 § summer school · :Category:Schools · education · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/67 § public school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/46 § junior high school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/36 § graduate school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/75 § secondary school · Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/52 § middle school

Synonyms

school · shoal

Translations (71)

et kalaparv (a group of fish) · ast cardume (a group of fish) · sw shule (a group of fish) · cs hejno (a group of fish) · gd cliath (a group of fish) · gl fieiro (a group of fish) · de Schwarm (a group of fish) · nn stim (a group of fish) · sh ја̏то (a group of fish) · ca banc (a group of fish) · fo vað (a group of fish) · tl kulisaw (a group of fish) · gl banco (a group of fish) · es cardumen (a group of fish) · tr sürü (a group of fish) · is vaða (a group of fish) · fi parvi (a group of fish) · mi rāngai (a group of fish) · is torfa (a group of fish) · eo fiŝaro (a group of fish) · he עֲדַת דַּגִים (a group of fish) · la grex (a group of fish) · sh plóva (a group of fish) · gd sgaoth (a group of fish) · uk згра́я (a group of fish) · hy վտառ (a group of fish) · el κοπάδι (a group of fish) · zh 一群魚 /一群鱼 (a group of fish) · sv stim (a group of fish) · km ហ្វូង (a group of fish) · ga báire (a group of fish) · ms kawanan (a group of fish) · nn flokk (a group of fish) · he לַהֲקַת דָּגִים (a group of fish) · fi kalaparvi (a group of fish) · id kawanan (a group of fish) · ga scoil (a group of fish) · nb flokk (a group of fish) · sh jȁto (a group of fish) · fr banc (a group of fish) · ja 魚群 (a group of fish) · da stime (a group of fish) · ru ста́я (a group of fish) · nb stim (a group of fish) · zh 魚群 /鱼群 (a group of fish) · fo torva (a group of fish) · mi ranga (a group of fish) · ota سوری (a group of fish) · es banco (a group of fish) · ca mola de peix (a group of fish) · ia banco (a group of fish) · bg я́то (a group of fish) · sh пло́ва (a group of fish) · mi matatuhi (a group of fish) · gl manda (a group of fish) · br moudenn (a group of fish) · pl ławica (a group of fish) · bg паса́ж (a group of fish) · be кася́к (a group of fish) · mrw gasang (a group of fish) · it banco (a group of fish) · mrw boreng (a group of fish) · mk јато (a group of fish) · pt cardume (a group of fish) · ga ráth (a group of fish) · gl cardume (a group of fish) · ja 群れ (a group of fish) · be згра́я (a group of fish) · hu raj (a group of fish) · ru кося́к (a group of fish) · nl school (a group of fish)

school en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [skuɫ] (General-American)
  • /skʉːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • [skuːɫ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [skʉːɫ] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /skuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /skɪʉːl/ Local Dublin
  • /skʉl/ Scotland, Northern Ireland, pull-pool
  • sko͞ol
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /skul/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /(ɪ)sk(h)uːl/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, of fish) To form into, or travel in, a school.
    • School with other fish: you’re less likely to be eaten.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
schools Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
schooled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
schooled Tense=Past lexicographic
schooling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skull alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Synonyms

shoal