school
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/skuːl/]
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Senses
1. school (noun) — sense 1
Definition: An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Example: Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
2. school (noun) — sense 2
Definition: An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
Example: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools, said the report, as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. […] In Syria, 3,900 schools have been destroyed, damaged or occupied for purposes other than education since the start of the conflict over two years ago.
3. school (noun) — sense 3
Definition: At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
Example: Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
4. school (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
Example: Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
5. school (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
Example: A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
6. school (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To control, or compose, one’s expression.
Example: She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
Structure of the word
Roots:- seǵʰ (Proto-Indo-European)
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