school
∞
1.0
- noun
- /skuːl/
:
escuela
- But you go back to school, life goes on.
- high school
- middle school
- school district
Well, none of them went to school ever.
- Well, none of them went to school ever.
- You can go to a real school now, he said.
- So do you get any hate at school honestly?
- But you go back to school, life goes on.
- I mean, in, in like middle school, like these icons.
- Why send kids back to school for one day, one day?
- You still have to pay for that school that you don't use.
- Like I have groups of friends at school, some work, some don't.
- I will visit you on the first day of school from Joe.
- I was walking to school and I lived.
- So you learned all this not in school from YouTube videos.
- There's something going on at a school, and you don't like it.
- Maybe they're teenagers in high school, maybe early college.
- We waited for her to finish school before we got married.
Examples
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And he's studying gender studies at school next year.
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We went to the same school.
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Well, none of them went to school ever.
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You can go to a real school now, he said.
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Why send kids back to school for one day, one day?
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All children who can be at school are at school.
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I go to public school in New York City.
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I want to participate in the school community.
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Approximately 90% of the students in the school were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Academic text (2011) -
She enjoys learning new subjects at school every day.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Learning knowledge and skills, often at school or university
64
1.3
Learning a person gets at school
28
1.5
A building where children learn, often a single room in a village
6
1.0
A room in a school where children have lessons
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.4
Life experience you get by facing hard problems instead of formal education
Compounds
233
2.0
Happening after regular school classes finish, often as activities for students
131
1.0
A school for children between five and eleven that teaches reading, writing, and basic math
120
1.9
A place where children learn that is not run by the government and costs money
103
1.4
A school for children between elementary and high school, usually grades 6 to 8
87
3.7
A public school run by teachers, parents, or community groups with more freedom than regular public schools
38
2.8
A school that teaches people how to run or manage companies, often to get an MBA
20
5.7
A private secondary school in Britain attended by children from wealthy families
15
2.0
A school for students aged about 11 to 18 that comes after primary school and before college
12
3.9
A private primary or secondary school run by a local church that gives religious lessons
11
2.8
A school run by a church, mosque, or temple that teaches faith and regular subjects
- Archaic
10
6.8
A school where young people who break the law learn rules and work skills
4
1.3
A child old enough to go to school, usually between five and fifteen years old
4
6.2
A private school for girls that teaches manners and social skills for adult life
4
3.2
A school that teaches practical skills for jobs like car repair or computer work
4
1.7
A school where students go during the day and go home in the evening, not a boarding school
- Jargon
3
3.7
A college or university a student expects to get into because it accepts many applicants
2
1.8
A school for teenagers who study grades nine to twelve after middle school
- Archaic
1
5.3
A secondary school that teaches Latin and Greek to prepare students for university
How Advanced
870
1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
- US
15
2.0
15
1.0
37
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
School comes from the Greek scholē, which meant 'free time' used for talk and study, and it is the same root as scholar. So a school became a place where people go to learn.