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school¹
- /skuːl/ UK
- [skuːɫ] UK
- /skul/ US
- [skuɫ] US
- /skʉːl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [skʉːɫ] Australia, New Zealand
- /skʉl/
- /skɪʉːl/
- /(ɪ)sk(h)uːl/ South Asia
Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
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”).
noun schools · schole
- An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
- 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 sexu
- At Eton College, a period or session of teaching. Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution. I’ll see you after school.
- 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. He was a gentleman of the old school.
- An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
Similar: school
verb schools · schooling · schooled · schole
- To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school). Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
- To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson. A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
- To control, or compose, one’s expression. She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
school²
- /skuːl/ UK
- [skuːɫ] UK
- /skul/ US
- [skuɫ] US
- /skʉːl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [skʉːɫ] Australia, New Zealand
- /skʉl/
- /skɪʉːl/
- /(ɪ)sk(h)uːl/ South Asia
Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
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.
noun schools · skull
- A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
- A multitude.
Similar: school
verb schools · schooling · schooled · skull
- To form into, or travel in, a school. School with other fish: you’re less likely to be eaten.
