[
UK
/pjˈuːpəl/
]
[ US /ˈpjupəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈpjupəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
- a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
How To Use pupil In A Sentence
- The net result of all these changes is that schools should be able to deliver a better service to pupils.
- The teacher always puts in a good word for his former pupils.
- She taught a class of 30 pupils.
- We are going to make an information pack and appoint a pupil who will make sure supply teachers have any resources they need.
- Making all pupils feel they are valued and have a contribution to make to the school community is vital in helping children become responsible adults.
- With her pupils dilated to blackness, and spitting vituperation in all directions, the very last thing she seems is sane.
- Working with other schools is an effective means of staff training, and academies for secondary pupils will benefit if their feeder schools improve their standards. Times, Sunday Times
- Our pupils and students leave schools and universities after an incredibly narrow diet of education compared with their international counterparts. Times, Sunday Times
- A stimulant action on the parasympathetic portion of the oculomotor nucleus (third cranial nerve) is responsible for pupillary miosis.
- And yet while teachers' strikes may have been popular with chatterers and some politicians, the iridescence has caused untold suffering among pupils whose school calendar has been dislocated.