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Etymology 1

From Middle English schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (Dutch school, “multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Saxon scola, skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). More at shoal.

Noun

school (plural schools)

  1. A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
    The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
Translations
a group of fish

Verb

school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

  1. (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.

Etymology 2

Elementary school

From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (scholeion), from σχολή (scholē, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), from Proto-Indo-European *seg'he-, *sg'hē- (“to hold, have, possess”). Cognate with Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory”), Old English siġe, sigor (“victory”). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band”). See school1. Compare also Old Frisian skūle, schūle (Dutch school, “school”), Old High German scuola (German Schule, “school”), Old Norse skōli (Danish skole, “school”).

Noun

school (plural schools)

  1. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
    Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
    Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.
  2. (UK) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
  3. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
    We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
  4. (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
    These economists belong to the monetarist school.
  5. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
    I'll see you after school.
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Translations
an institution dedicated to teaching and learning
an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university
college or university
a department/institute at a college or university
a particular doctrine

Verb

school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)

  1. (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
    Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
  2. (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
    • 1998, Leigh Jones, "National bar exam methods win in ADA regulation test," The Journal Record, April 13,
      A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
    • 2006, Steve Smith, Forever Red: Confessions Of A Cornhusker Football Fan, page 67:
      Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […]
    • 2007, Peter David and Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 3, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416527214, pg. 216,
      "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."
      "This time I'm gonna school you."
  3. (transitive) To control, or compose, one's expression.
    She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
Derived terms
Translations
educate, teach, or train

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Statistics

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

school c. (plural scholen, diminutive schooltje, diminutive plural schooltjes)

  1. school (An educational institution that focuses completely on education, and not on, say, research)
  2. a group of fish

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Verb

school

  1. singular past indicative of schuilen.
  2. first-person singular present indicative of scholen.
  3. imperative of scholen.

 

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