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UK
/skˈuːl/
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[ US /ˈskuɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈskuɫ/ ]
NOUN
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a building where young people receive education
he walked to school every morning
the school was built in 1932 -
a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
the Venetian school of painting -
the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
he didn't miss a single day of school
stay after school
when the school day was done we would walk home together -
an educational institution's faculty and students
the whole school turned out for the game
the school keeps parents informed -
the process of being formally educated at a school
what will you do when you finish school? -
a large group of fish
a school of small glittering fish swam by -
an educational institution
the school was founded in 1900
VERB
-
educate in or as if in a school
The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions -
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Train your tastebuds
She is well schooled in poetry
Cultivate your musical taste -
swim in or form a large group of fish
A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait
How To Use school In A Sentence
- They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
- Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard. The Sun
- Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
- A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
- The school has a very good relationship with the community.
- The net result of all these changes is that schools should be able to deliver a better service to pupils.
- Kids at one Connecticut school don't like a new rule, but you probably won't hear them expressing themselves by using profanity: the rule to keep kids from cussing.
- I turned up at the school yard with my hippie backpack slung over one shoulder feeling pretty cool. Times, Sunday Times
- Among profuse schools of trevallies and barracuda, huge tunas and a host of sharks cruise the sheer wall.
- That was from when she played the school computer nerd a couple of years ago.