Schoolchild Meaning
/ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
Sentence Examples
The schoolchild clutched his project carefully on the bus ride home.
The schoolchild carried a heavy backpack filled with textbooks.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Each ____ received a new textbook on the first day of class.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Every ____ in the class received a certificate for completing the reading challenge.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English school English child English schoolchild From school + child.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups."
— 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
"[…] the Wisconsin legislature passed a law providing incentives for transfers of schoolchildren in the metropolitan area, both intradistrict and interdistrict."
— 1988 January 29, Steve Bogira, “Interdistrict Transfer”, in Chicago Reader:
"Spring ahead, fall back: Kathleen had once learned some rhyme about that when she was a schoolchild, but she no longer remembered it."
— 2011, Meg Mitchell Moore, The Arrivals:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Each ____ received a new textbook on the first day of class.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Every ____ in the class received a certificate for completing the reading challenge.