school

CEFRA1

/skuːl/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A place where children or adults learn.

  2. 02

    verb

    To teach or train someone.

Examples

  • Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.

  • I can walk to school in 10 minutes.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [skuːɫ]
  • [skʉːɫ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).

  2. At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.

  3. An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

More examples

In context

  • My brother and I went to the same school.

  • Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.

  • Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Doublet of schola and shul. Compare Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), German Schule (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitu...