School | Mean of school in English Dictionary

/ˈskuːl/

• Noun
• a place where children go to learn
1. He is going to a different school this year.
2. The town is building a new school.
3. Where do you go to school?
4. He learned to play the flute at/in school.
5. Their daughter will start attending school next year.
6. He left/quit school [=he stopped going to school] when he was 16.
7. the school building/newspaper
8. school lunches/functions/plays/friends
9. The town has an excellent school system. [=the schools in the town are excellent]
• a college or university
1. He is transferring to a different school next semester.
2. He goes to school in New York.
3. He is attending law/business/medical school.
4. She is away at school.
• a division within a university or college for study and research in a particular area of knowledge
1. She is a student at the law/business/medical school.
2. the school of art/engineering

• a place where people go to learn a particular skill
1. acting/driving/language schools
• the activity or process of learning or teaching in a school
1. School is hard for her.
2. Their daughter will start school next year.
3. (US) Where do you teach school?
4. (US) My parents won't let me get a job while I'm in school. = (Brit) My parents won't let me get a job while I'm at school. [=while I am a student in a school]
5. Stay in school and get your diploma.
6. He never did well in school.
• the period of time during which students are in school
1. I missed school yesterday.
2. He was late for school. [=he was not at the school on time]
3. Let's meet after school.
4. School starts at 8:00 a.m.
5. the school day/year
• the students or students and teachers of a school
1. The whole school was at the assembly.
2. Five schools donated money to the homeless shelter.
• a group of people who share the same opinions, beliefs, or methods
1. artists from the Impressionist/Romantic school
2. the German school of philosophers/philosophy
3. a new school of painters/painting
4. The two authors come from different schools of writing.
5. There are two main schools of thought [=ways of thinking] on that topic.
• Verb
• to teach or train (someone or something) to do something
1. They schooled their children at home.
2. She schooled herself in patience.
3. He is schooled in five different languages.
4. The horse is well schooled. [=trained]
• Noun
• a large group of fish or other ocean animals that are swimming together
1. Fish swim in schools.
2. a school of fish/dolphins