Meaning of 'school'

noun

a building where young people receive education

Example: "the school was built in 1932"

Synonyms: schoolhouse

noun

the process of being formally educated at a school

Example: "what will you do when you finish school?"

Synonyms: schooling

noun

a large group of fish

Example: "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

Synonyms: shoal

noun

a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

Example: "the Venetian school of painting"

noun

an educational institution

Example: "the school was founded in 1900"

noun

an educational institution's faculty and students

Example: "the school keeps parents informed"

noun

the period of instruction in a school

Example: "the time period when school is in session"

Synonyms: schooltime

verb

swim in or form a large group of fish

Example: "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

verb

educate in or as if in a school

Example: "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"

verb

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

Synonyms: train