English to English
school
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noun (n)
- an educational institution(noun.group)Example:
The school was founded in 1900.
source: wordnet30 - a building where young people receive education(noun.artifact)Example:
The school was built in 1932.
He walked to school every morning.
source: wordnet30 - the process of being formally educated at a school(noun.cognition)Example:
What will you do when you finish school?.
source: wordnet30 - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers(noun.group)Example:
The Venetian school of painting.
source: wordnet30 - the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session(noun.time)Example:
Stay after school.
He didn't miss a single day of school.
When the school day was done we would walk home together.
source: wordnet30 - an educational institution's faculty and students(noun.group)Example:
The school keeps parents informed.
The whole school turned out for the game.
source: wordnet30 - a large group of fish(noun.group)Example:
A school of small glittering fish swam by.
source: wordnet30 - A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.(noun)source: webster1913
- A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- educate in or as if in a school(verb.social)Example:
The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions.
source: wordnet30 - swim in or form a large group of fish(verb.motion)Example:
A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait.
source: wordnet30 - To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.(verb)source: webster1913