English dictionary
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English noun: school | |||
| 1. | school (group) an educational institution | ||
| Samples | The school was founded in 1900. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | educational institution | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | academy, alma mater, conservatory, correspondence school, crammer, dance school, dancing school, day school, direct-grant school, driving school, elementary school, finishing school, flying school, grad school, grade school, graduate school, grammar school, Gymnasium, language school, lycee, lyceum, middle school, night school, nursing school, primary school, private school, public school, religious school, riding school, Sabbath school, school of nursing, secondary school, secretarial school, Sunday school, tech, technical school, training school, veterinary school | ||
| Member holonym | faculty, school teacher, schoolteacher, staff | ||
| 2. | school (artifact) a building where young people receive education | ||
| Samples | The school was built in 1932. He walked to school every morning. | ||
| Synonyms | schoolhouse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conservatoire, conservatory, day school | ||
| Part holonym | classroom, schoolroom | ||
| Part meronym | school system | ||
| 3. | school (cognition) the process of being formally educated at a school | ||
| Samples | What will you do when you finish school?. | ||
| Synonyms | schooling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | education | ||
| 4. | school (group) a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers | ||
| Samples | The Venetian school of painting. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | art nouveau, Ashcan School, deconstructivism, Eight, historical school, lake poets, pointillism, secession, sezession | ||
| 5. | school (time) the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session | ||
| Samples | Stay after school. He didn't miss a single day of school. When the school day was done we would walk home together. | ||
| Synonyms | school day, schooltime | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Part holonym | study hall | ||
| 6. | school (group) an educational institution's faculty and students | ||
| Samples | The school keeps parents informed. The whole school turned out for the game. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | educational institution | ||
| 7. | school (group) a large group of fish | ||
| Samples | A school of small glittering fish swam by. | ||
| Synonyms | shoal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal group | ||
| Member holonym | fish | ||
English verb: school | |||
| 1. | school (social) educate in or as if in a school | ||
| Samples | The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | educate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | home-school | ||
| 2. | school (social) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | ||
| Samples | Cultivate your musical taste. Train your tastebuds. She is well schooled in poetry. | ||
| Synonyms | civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, train | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | down, fine-tune, polish, refine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sophisticate | ||
| 3. | school (motion) swim in or form a large group of fish | ||
| Samples | A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swim | ||
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