school
IPA: skˈuɫ
noun
- (Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- (Britain) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- (UK) 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.
- (considered collectively) 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.
- (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
- A multitude.
verb
- (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
- (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
- (transitive) To control, or compose, one’s expression.
- (intransitive, of fish) To form into, or travel in, a school.
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Examples of "school" in Sentences
- She is a teaching staff of this school.
- She is one of the unassertive students in school.
- Joshua excelled in this class as well as in school.
- The enrollment of the school is about 2500 students.
- He was the president of the school's Student Counsel.
- The school of Mary teaches everybody selflessness and charity.
- Schools in the United Kingdom teach the Celsius scale exclusively.
- The school offers many activities for students at lunchtime and after school.
- The Lincoln School has the largest student population of the elementary schools.
- Students in the school kept on throwing japes around in the classroom during the class.
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