school

school1 [ skul ] noun ***

▸ 1 where children learn

▸ 2 college/university

▸ 3 where subject is taught

▸ 4 people sharing ideas

▸ 5 large group of fish etc.

1. ) count or uncount a place where children go to be taught:

It's the biggest school in the city.

at/in school: The kids will be in school until 3:00 today.

go to school: Hurry up and eat your breakfast, it's time to go to school.

a ) singular all the students and staff at a school:

The whole school assembled in the auditorium.

b ) uncount the time that children spend at school during a day:

Don't be late for school!

before/after school: They go swimming after school on Thursdays.

c ) uncount the period during your life when you go to school:

I didn't like school very much.

in school: Angela's still in school, but she graduates in May.

start/quit/leave school: I quit school when I was fifteen.

d ) only before noun belonging to or connected with a school:

a school uniform

the school bus/library/baseball team

2. ) count or uncount AMERICAN INFORMAL a college or university:

Cornell is a very good school.

go to school: She's going to school at Stanford.

a ) the period during your life when you go to a college or university:

in school: Times have changed since you were in school.

start/quit school: He quit school after his freshman year and went traveling.

b ) only before noun belonging to or connected with a college or university:

the school song/colors

3. ) count or uncount a university department or a college that teaches a particular subject:

the School of Management

medical/law school

a ) a private institution that teaches a particular skill:

the Perkins School of Ballroom Dancing

a driving/typing school

4. ) count a group of writers, artists, etc. whose work or ideas are similar:

the Impressionist school of painting

a ) a group of people who share the same opinions or ways of thinking:

What you think about this probably depends on which school of economics you belong to.

5. ) count a large group of fish, DOLPHINS, WHALES, etc.

=> SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS, SCHOOL OF THE AIR, SCHOOL OF THOUGHT

school

school 2 [ skul ] verb transitive

1. ) usually passive FORMAL to educate a child:

She was schooled in Chicago.

2. ) usually passive to teach or train someone in a particular subject or skill:

school someone in something: He had been well schooled in the art of diplomacy.

3. ) to train a horse so that someone can ride it, especially in competitions

4. ) FORMAL to make yourself do something difficult:

He had schooled himself to be friendly even to the rudest customers.

a ) if you school your features, you make yourself look calm even though you do not feel calm