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school

noun
/skuːl/UK/skul/US/skʉːl/

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from *seǵʰ-✻ — “to hold, have, possess”
  2. derived from σχολή — “spare time, leisure”
  3. derived from schola
  4. inherited from *skōlu✻
  5. inherited from scōl — “place of education”
  6. inherited from scole

Definitions

  1. An institution dedicated to teaching and learning

    An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

    • Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
    • Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.

  2. An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary…

    An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).

  3. At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.

    • Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or…

      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.

    2. 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.

    3. The followers of a particular doctrine

      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.
      • Let no man be leſſe confident in his holy faith […] by reason of any difference of judgement vvhich is in the ſeveral Schools of Chriſtians concerning the effects and conſequent bleſſings of this Sacrament.
      • Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.

    4. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.

      • I’ll see you after school.

    5. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours…

      The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.

    6. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a…

      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.
      • His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools.

    7. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing,…

      An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

    8. To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

      • Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.

    9. 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.
      • Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […]
      • "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson." "This time I'm gonna school you."

    10. To control, or compose, one’s expression.

      • She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.

    11. A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

      • The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.

    12. A multitude.

    13. To form into, or travel in, a school.

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Derived

academy school, after-school, after school special, after-school special, aided school, all-through school, alternative school, approved school, art school, at school, back-to-school, back-to-school night, beacon school, beauty school, Bible school, big school, blab school, boarding school, board school, B-school, business school, charm school, charter school, Chicago school, choir school, church school, combined school, comprehensive school, continuation school, convent school, cram school, dame school, dance school, dancing school, day school, divinity school, driving school, dual school, elementary school, escalator school · +208 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at school. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01school02college03colleagues04colleague05faculty06students07student

A definitional loop anchored at school. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at school

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA