Meaning & Definition of School in English
English⟶
School
/skul/
noun
1. An educational institution
- "The school was founded in 1900"
synonym:
- school
2. A building where young people receive education
- "The school was built in 1932"
- "He walked to school every morning"
synonym:
- school,
- schoolhouse
3. The process of being formally educated at a school
- "What will you do when you finish school?"
synonym:
- school,
- schooling
4. A body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
- "The venetian school of painting"
synonym:
- school
5. The period of instruction in a school
- The time period when school is in session
- "Stay after school"
- "He didn't miss a single day of school"
- "When the school day was done we would walk home together"
synonym:
- school,
- schooltime,
- school day
6. An educational institution's faculty and students
- "The school keeps parents informed"
- "The whole school turned out for the game"
synonym:
- school
7. A large group of fish
- "A school of small glittering fish swam by"
synonym:
- school,
- shoal
verb
1. Educate in or as if in a school
- "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
synonym:
- school
2. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- "Cultivate your musical taste"
- "Train your tastebuds"
- "She is well schooled in poetry"
synonym:
- educate,
- school,
- train,
- cultivate,
- civilize,
- civilise
3. Swim in or form a large group of fish
- "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
synonym:
- school
Examples of using
Tom wrote an article for the school newspaper.
Do you go to school?
The whole school turned out to welcome Tom back.