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school
  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.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “I've been given a golden opportunity to pursue a good education at a prestigious school.”
      “The older school of writers were not, however, sure that they altogether liked the new orderliness about such things.”
      “Pablo Picasso started the cubism school of modern art but Georges Braque is also credited as the co-creator.”
schooling
  1. Training or instruction.
  2. Institutional education; attendance of school.
  3. (dressage) The training of a horse at dressage.
  4. (obsolete) Discipline; reproof; reprimand.
  5. (obsolete) Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The cause of the Claimant's lack of schooling or education during the autumn of 2001 is more complex to ascertain.”
      “Katy had two horses, a retired schooling mare and a dressage-trained Arabian gelding.”
schoolie
  1. (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
  2. (Australia) A schoolteacher.
  3. (Britain, military) An education officer.
  4. (US) A bass that swims in a school.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Don't worry if all your bass have been what we call schoolie bass which are fish under two or three pounds.”
      “One schoolie did report being offered free ecstasy on the first night.”
      “Said schoolie is planning to leave the chocs for the light of his life to find.”
schoolmarm
  1. (US, slang) A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in a schoolhouse; may carry the connotation she is severe.
  2. A person, male or female, who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers of the old times, such as strict enforcement of arbitrary rules.
  3. (forestry) A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “But now she was standing behind the bench, looking down at me in a pose that was part schoolmarm and part Southern hanging judge.”
      “This credo of a particular order of comparative literature is like the hush of the schoolmarm enforcing a designed consensus at lesson's end.”
      “The problem with me is that when I talk about my mission, I sound deadly serious because I'm a former schoolmarm.”
schooldays
  1. plural of schoolday
  2. (uncountable) The period of one's life when one attends school, particularly primary school (as opposed to college days); one's youth
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In her interviews, she has said that she was enamoured of this great classic from her schooldays, and especially its daring heroine, Becky Sharp.”
      “Memories of long forgotten schooldays came flooding back for former pupils revisiting their old primary as part of its centenary celebrations.”
      “His writing in the 60s which I read in my late schooldays had the urgent fizz of newly discovered and prohibited drugs.”
school
  1. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
  2. A multitude.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I've been given a golden opportunity to pursue a good education at a prestigious school.”
      “The older school of writers were not, however, sure that they altogether liked the new orderliness about such things.”
      “Pablo Picasso started the cubism school of modern art but Georges Braque is also credited as the co-creator.”
schooler
  1. A student, or in some cases member, of a particular type of school or schooling.
  2. One who provides schooling; a teacher.
  3. Examples:
    1. “I learned the finer points of grammar as a high schooler coaching elementary-school kids.”
      “Ask the average primary schooler here about their teacher and they'll give you a cascade of colourful answers.”
      “There I was, the freshman, just itching to show some bright-eyed high schooler the benefits of an education.”
schooltime
  1. Time spent in school; classtime
  2. Time spent at school; schooldays
  3. Examples:
    1. “Some of them are also able to distinguish between schooltime and vacation time, when they usually spend more time in front of the screens.”
      “We chat during schooltime and when we are at home to learn English hands-on.”
      “However, we had to cancel our dance series, a musical revue and several schooltime and family shows.”
schoolyard
  1. The grounds around a school.
  2. An open field near a school used for recreation by the students.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Instead of seeing dodgeball as a game where alpha males can relive their schoolyard dominance, they see it as a game for everyone.”
      “When screaming schoolyard bullies act up, the teacher often isolates them in a corner, forcing them to reflect upon their actions.”
      “Some years ago I adjourned with a friend to a nearby schoolyard net for a recreational hit.”
schoolman
  1. (historical) A medieval writer or scholar focusing on the subjects taught at universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the summer of 1872 he read Duns Scotus, a medieval schoolman, for the first time.”
      “Such is the proposition of the schoolman that Alexander could not have subdued any countries without an army.”
      “A schoolman who examined me would be pardoned for calling me an ignoramus of no education whatever.”
schoolday
  1. A day during which the public schools are open, usually synonymous with weekday during the school year
  2. Examples:
    1. “The End Room was the scene of my most overt act of schoolday rebellion, when I threw a chair at the teacher.”
      “In modern China, Sunday is not usually a schoolday except around major holidays.”
      “New series in which celebrities reminisce about their schoolday antics, recalling games, chants and nicknames from the playground.”
schoolkid
  1. (informal) A schoolchild, a kid who attends school; a schoolboy or schoolgirl.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The schoolkid eagerly packed their backpack, excited for their first day of kindergarten.”
      “It is the latter with clear explanatory footnotes that would be read by a schoolkid in year eight today.”
      “Every schoolkid knows that an ordinary word repeated quickly becomes intensely odd.”
schooliosis
schoolchild
  1. A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He is more focused on persuading the millionth schoolchild to pick up a cricket bat.”
      “The saddest sight one encounters in a tour of the NMA is a schoolchild sitting at one of these terminals being force-fed a diet of propaganda.”
      “Frighteningly, any passing schoolchild or commuter could have been a casualty in any of those incidents.”
schoolperson
  1. (humorous) A schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.
schoolfellow
  1. A pupil who attends the same school; a schoolmate.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When the pain inflicted by his bullying schoolfellow exceeded the pain-pleasure ratio, he upped and ran away from Repton.”
      “In 1601 he met up with his old St Peter's schoolfellow Christopher Wright in Madrid and was recruited into the plot to kill King James.”
      “It was Egnazio's schoolfellow Zuane Bembo who arranged for the publication of both versions in a single volume.”
schoolhouse
  1. A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The next schoolhouse built now forms part of the display of early buildings at Stratford's Pioneer Village.”
      “To help pay the bills, she took on teaching at the Belleview School, a two-room schoolhouse that is now the preserve's visitor center.”
      “At least 150 members of the Amish community met at a home prayer meeting about 200 yards from the schoolhouse.”
schoolground
schoolery
  1. (obsolete) Something taught; precepts; schooling.
schoolbook
  1. A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Marche had picked up the boy's schoolbook and was looking at the writing on the flyleaf again.”
      “A total exclusion of schoolbook contracts would also exclude competition on other issues than the price, such as payment terms and delivery.”
      “But the final real judge of the merits of a schoolbook is the boy or girl who uses it.”
schoolgirlishness
  1. The fact or quality of being schoolgirlish. [from 19th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “Her present image had more in common with her reflection at fifteen, a broad and sturdy schoolgirlishness, than it had with herself of only six months ago.”
schoolmate
  1. A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His closest friend and schoolmate at the abbey was Louis Capet, a boy his age.”
      “As a former schoolmate and family friend of Stanhope, he is extremely excited to be there.”
      “Mustafa Kemal's former schoolmate Ali Fethi was named ambassador, and Mustafa Kemal accompanied him to Sofia as military attaché.”
schoolwear
  1. Clothing designed to be worn at school.
schoolgirl
  1. A girl attending school.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A schoolgirl told how she froze with fear as she was allegedly molested by a drunken man in an early hours attack.”
      “Unfortunately a young schoolgirl, acting the goat, injured herself causing a slight cut on her knee.”
      “But both the style and content remain at the level of schoolgirl reportage.”
schoolboy
schoolwoman
  1. (dated) A female schoolteacher.
schoolitis
  1. (humorous) An aversion to going to school.
schoolteaching
  1. Serving as a teacher in a school.
  2. Examples:
    1. “We must make sure that the trainees recruited for schoolteaching are quality trainees.”
      “She was a delightful conversationalist who enjoyed telling me something of life and schoolteaching in Brittany under more normal conditions.”
      “It's easy to imagine why the land-lady's self-possessed daughter wouldn't fall for him and why her lonely, schoolteaching mother might.”
schoolishness
  1. The state or condition of being schoolish.
schoolteacher
  1. A teacher working in a school.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her mate of five decades is a retired teamster and Chicago public schoolteacher.”
      “Mr O'Doherty was a retired schoolteacher who taught in England for many years.”
      “In so many ways, she's living the dream, working with children as a schoolteacher and recently engaged to be married.”
schoolmarmishness
  1. Quality of being schoolmarmish.
schoolfriend
  1. a friend from one's school
  2. Examples:
    1. “He started hacking at 14, when he and a schoolfriend had a running game of trying to get into each other's websites.”
      “My first term was spent sharing a room with a schoolfriend in a motel on the outskirts of the city.”
      “It was illustrated by a schoolfriend, Phyllis Chase, who collaborated on several of her early works.”
schooly
  1. Alternative spelling of schoolie
schoole
  1. Obsolete form of school.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He went to schoole, first to Mr. Brookes at Charterhouse two yeares.”
      “No person shall keepe any schoole... except it be in some publike or free Grammer Schoole, or in some such noblemans... or gentlemans... house as are not recusants.”
      “There was such a Schoole at Damascus, whereinto Paul entred, to persecute.”
schoolgoer
  1. One who attends school.
schoolmaid
  1. (archaic) A schoolgirl.
schooltide
  1. (archaic) schooltime
  2. Examples:
    1. “My greatest intimate, from the days of my schooltide, was Mr. John Irving, now a Writer to the Signet.”
schoolmiss
  1. (dated) schoolgirl
schoolies
  1. plural of schoolie
  2. (Australia) Clipping of schoolies week.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “While most year 12 students are already planning their trips for schoolies week one Lismore student is really going to get away from home.”
      “Toolies have targeted schoolies in a series of brawls in Lorne's main street, a popular hub for school-leavers in Victoria.”
      “They tend to be aimed at schoolies, so you have to put up with large quantities of children, but can be fun.”
schoolteachers
schoolpeople
  1. plural of schoolperson
schoolfriends
  1. plural of schoolfriend
  2. Examples:
    1. “She could not recall his having schoolfriends to stay and exchange visits as her brother Prosper often did in holidays.”
      “Edith replied that she had already accepted the proposal of George Field, the brother of one of her closest schoolfriends.”
      “In 1960, he joined a skiffle group with schoolfriends called the Kool Kats, playing Lonnie Donegan and Chas McDevitt hits.”
schoolgrounds
  1. plural of schoolground
schoolfellows
schoolpersons
  1. plural of schoolperson
schoolwomen
  1. plural of schoolwoman
schoolhouses
schoolchildren
  1. plural of schoolchild
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His voice lifts the soul and spirit inspiring our party of schoolchildren to take an excitingly fresh tilt at the English countryside.”
      “Brickley Lane is a well-used route by schoolchildren and a cycle path would be of benefit to children cycling to local schools.”
      “By noon the prince will be meeting residents, schoolchildren and groups on a traditional royal walkabout.”
schoolmaids
  1. plural of schoolmaid
schoolmarms
schoolmates
  1. plural of schoolmate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And if any of them finds himself in trouble, his old schoolmates will be expected to rally round in support.”
      “I was always regarded as a slow learner, but if I was interested in a subject, I believe I could keep pace with any of my schoolmates.”
      “Their younger schoolmates in preschool and kindergarten tied fabric scraps together.”
schooltimes
  1. plural of schooltime
schoolyards
  1. plural of schoolyard
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nowadays, schoolyards and community playgrounds and public parks are barren on a weekday afternoon.”
      “Tromping over to the side of the schoolyards, the kid leaned against a tree and folded his arms, scanning the terrain for prey.”
      “However, junior and senior high schools in Norway do not share the same buildings or the same schoolyards.”
schoolbooks
  1. plural of schoolbook
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her white desk was cluttered with more stuffed animals, miscellaneous papers and schoolbooks.”
      “These girls are swapping their schoolbooks for pom-poms to embrace all the razzmatazz that is cheerleading.”
      “Your mum might have thrown out all your schoolbooks, so you keep everything.”
schoolgirls
schoolgoers
  1. plural of schoolgoer
schoolmisses
  1. plural of schoolmiss
schoolmen
  1. plural of schoolman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But for Augustine the relationship between faith and reason is not what it later became for the medieval schoolmen.”
      “Empiricists like Locke and rationalists like Newton lacked the rich ontology of Thomas Aquinas and the medieval schoolmen.”
      “He commenced war upon the schoolmen, and was peculiarly hostile to Thomas Aquinas, whom he accused of pelagianism.”
schoolboys
  1. plural of schoolboy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Famously, Forster accused the educational systems of the time of retarding the emotional development of schoolboys.”
      “I'd like to know because it was certainly a story that went the rounds among schoolboys in my day.”
      “Three schoolboys on a day out at Salford Quays were stabbed by a gang of thugs near the Lowry arts centre.”
schoolings
schoolkids
schooleries
  1. plural of schoolery
schoolers
  1. plural of schooler
  2. Examples:
    1. “In each of the past two years, some 100 nursery schoolers failed to be admitted to any tony kindergarten.”
      “The staff is hustling during the back-to-school season to match middle schoolers with backpacks and college students with graphing calculators.”
      “I guess the school board thought that football was too much for our high schoolers to handle.”
schooles
  1. plural of schoole
schools
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