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Definition school

Etymology 1

From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-Germanic *skul? (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)k?el- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German sch?le (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). More at shoal.

Noun

From Middle English scole, from Old English sc?l (“place of education”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *sk?la (“school”), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (skholeîon), from ????? (skhol?, “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), from Proto-Indo-European *se??- (“to hold, have, possess”). Doublet of shul. Compare Old Frisian sk?le, sch?le (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), German Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“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 school₁. Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory”), Old English si?e, sigor (“victory”).

Noun

school (plural schools)

1. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
2. (Britain) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
3. (Britain) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
4. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
5. An art movement, a community of artists.
6. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
7. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
8. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
9. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
10. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

Verb

school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

1. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
2. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
3. (transitive) To control, or compose, one's expression.

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