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School
skuːl
- an institution for educating children
"Ryder's children did not go to school at all"
educational institution centre of learning- the buildings used by a school
"the cost of building a new school"
- the pupils and staff of a school
"the head addressed the whole school"
- a day's work at school
"school started at 7 a.m"
- any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline
"a dancing school"
- a university
"Harvard is certainly not a loafer's school"
- a department or faculty of a university concerned with a particular subject of study
"the School of Medicine"
- a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing similar ideas or methods
"the Frankfurt school of critical theory"
- a style, approach, or method of a specified character
"film-makers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema"
- (at Oxford University) the hall in which final examinations are held
- final examinations
"I never took schools. I was ill"
- a group gambling together
"a poker school"
- a group of people drinking together in a bar and taking turns to buy the drinks
"I ordered a pint of bitter for myself—I didn't want to get into a school"
- send to school; educate
"Taverier was born in Paris and schooled in Lyon"
- train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity
"he schooled her in horsemanship"
- train (a horse) on the flat or over fences
"if you have schooled your horse properly, your riding will look better"
- (of a Xhosa) educated and westernized
"economic considerations persuaded many Xhosa not to become school by opting for a Western lifestyle"
- (of a name) of Western origin
"it embarrasses me to be called by the school name I was given at church"