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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024school•ing (sko̅o̅′ling),USA pronunciation n. - Educationthe process of being taught in a school.
- Educationinstruction, education, or training, esp. when received in a school.
- Educationthe act of teaching.
- [Archaic.]a reprimand.
- late Middle English scoling. See school1, -ing1 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: schooling /ˈskuːlɪŋ/ n - education, esp when received at school
- the process of teaching or being taught in a school
- the training of an animal, esp of a horse for dressage
school1 /skul/USA pronunciation n. - Educationa place for teaching people under college age: [countable]His children went to a private school.[uncountable]Are your children old enough to go to school?
- a college or university: [countable]Yale is a prestigious school.[uncountable]He went to school at Yale.
- Education an academic department for instruction in a particular field:[countable]the school of liberal arts and sciences.
- Educationa program of studies: [uncountable]He's studying in art school.[countable]He's enrolled in an art school.
- Education the activity of teaching or of learning under instruction:[uncountable]School doesn't start until September.
- Education the body of people belonging to an educational institution:[countable]The whole school applauded.
- a group of pupils having a certain master, system, etc.:[countable]the Platonic school of philosophy.
adj. [before a noun] - Educationof or connected with a school or schools.
v. [~ + object] - Educationto educate in or as if in a school;
teach:schooled him in magic and sorcery.
See -schol-.school2 /skul/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Behaviora large number of fish, porpoises, etc., feeding or traveling together.
v. [no object] - Animal Behaviorto form into, or go in, a school, such as fish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024school1 (sko̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. - Educationan institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age:The children are at school.
- Educationan institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.
- Educationa college or university.
- Educationa regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction;
program of instruction:summer school. - Educationa session of such a course:no school today; to be kept after school.
- Educationthe activity or process of learning under instruction, esp. at a school for the young:As a child, I never liked school.
- Educationone's formal education:They plan to be married when he finishes school.
- Educationa building housing a school.
- Educationthe body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution:The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.
- Educationa building, room, etc., in a university, set apart for the use of one of the faculties or for some particular purpose:the school of agriculture.
- Educationa particular faculty or department of a university having the right to recommend candidates for degrees, and usually beginning its program of instruction after the student has completed general education:medical school.
- any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.
- the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc.:the Platonic school of philosophy.
- Fine Art[Art.]
- a group of artists, as painters, writers, or musicians, whose works reflect a common conceptual, regional, or personal influence:the modern school; the Florentine school.
- the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity:the French school.
- any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.
- Militaryparts of close-order drill applying to the individual (school of the soldier), the squad (school of the squad,) or the like.
- British Terms[Australian and New Zealand Informal.]a group of people gathered together, esp. for gambling or drinking.
- schools, [Archaic.]the faculties of a university.
- [Obs.]the schoolmen in a medieval university.
adj. - Educationof or connected with a school or schools.
- Education[Obs.]of the schoolmen.
v.t. - Educationto educate in or as if in a school;
teach;
train. - [Archaic.]to reprimand.
- Greek scholé̄ leisure employed in learning
- Latin schola
- Middle English scole (noun, nominal), Old English scōl bef. 900
- Animal Behaviora large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
v.i. - Animal Behaviorto form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
- Dutch school; cognate with Old English scolu troop; see shoal2
- Middle English schol(e) 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: school /skuːl/ n - an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education
- (as modifier): school bus, school day
- (in combination): schoolroom, schoolwork
- a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject
- the staff and pupils of a school
- the period of instruction in a school or one session of this: he stayed after school to do extra work
- a place or sphere of activity that instructs: the school of hard knocks
- a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods
- a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style, teachers, or aims
- a style of life: a gentleman of the old school
- informal a group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking
vb (transitive)- to train or educate in or as in a school
- to discipline or control
Etymology: Old English scōl, from Latin schola school, from Greek skholē leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge school /skuːl/ n - a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together
vb - (intransitive) to form such a group
Etymology: Old English scolu shoal² |