to school
58
3.0
- verb
- /skuːl/
:
formar
- You school him, then.
- home-school
- school students
- school children
Do not try to school the unschooled.
- Do not try to school the unschooled.
- And Aisha just schooling us all on how to be funny.
- He got schooled by his fans on crowdfunding.
- If not the people trained and schooled and acculturated to freedom?
- What about going to school with your friends or being schooled at home and being a kid?
Examples
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When I was younger, I used to try to school my unruly self in Christian charity.
Fiction book (1995) -
Merida, all this work, all the time spent preparing you, schooling you, giving you everything we never had.
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When we see one we like, we take care of the situation-- take him in, school him, make him family.
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Do not try to school the unschooled.
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I am schooling you right now.
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And Aisha just schooling us all on how to be funny.
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You haven't been schooled in the fundamentals.
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Hammouda, as everyone calls him, is an engineer, about 50, schooled in Libya and Italy.
Academic text (1999) -
In a second study, home-schooled children visited the university's campus weekly with their parents over a 10-week period.
Academic text (2013) -
The teacher will school the students on the importance of mathematics.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge
∞
1.0
To teach someone skills by practice and help
627
2.2
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.4
Life experience you get by facing hard problems instead of formal education
Phrasal Verbs
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 Thorough
627
2.2
58
3.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
- Formal
85
2.6
520
2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
School as a verb comes from the noun school meaning 'place for learning', so to school someone is to teach or train them in a skill or subject.