Meaning

12 senses
  1. (Canada, India, US, countable, uncountable)An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

    Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.

    Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school.

    Schule, Schule

    шко́лаškóla, учи́лищеučílišče, шко́лаškóla

    шко́лаškóla, учи́лищеučýlyšče, шко́лаškóla

    an educational institution

  2. (UK, countable, uncountable)An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).

    Universität, Hochschule

    вы́сшая шко́лаvýsšaja škóla, вы́сшее уче́бное заведе́ниеvýsšeje učébnoje zavedénije, университе́тuniversitét

    ви́ща шко́лаvýšča škóla, ви́щий навча́льний за́кладvýščyj navčálʹnyj základ, університе́тuniversytét

    an educational institution's faculty and students

  3. (UK, countable, uncountable)At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.

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

    the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

  4. (countable, uncountable)Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

    We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.

    Schule, Fakultät

    ка́федраkáfedra, факульте́тfakulʹtét

    факульте́тfakulʹtét, відді́ленняviddílennja

  5. (countable, uncountable)An art movement, a community of artists.

    The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic movement of the time.

    Schule

  6. (countable, uncountable)The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.

    These economists belong to the monetarist school.

    Schule

    уче́ниеučénije, шко́лаškóla

    шко́лаškóla

  7. (countable, uncountable)The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.

    I’ll see you after school.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.

    He was a gentleman of the old school.

  10. (countable, uncountable)An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.

    шко́лаškóla

  11. (collective)A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

    The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.

    Schwarm

    кося́кkosják, ста́яstája

    згра́яzhrája

    a large group of fish

  12. A multitude.

Examples

12837 sentences
  1. How do you get to school?

    Як ти добираєшся до школи?

    ruКак ты добираешься до школы?

    deWie kommst du zur Schule?

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  2. It's time to go to school.

    Час іти до школи.

    ruПора в школу.

    deEs ist Zeit, in die Schule zu gehen.

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  3. Our school is across the river.

    Наша школа знаходиться на тому боці річки.

    ruНаша школа находится за рекой.

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  4. Mary had to go to school.

    Марії треба було йти до школи.

    deMary musste zur Schule gehen.

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  5. I go to a driving school.

    Я відвідую курси водіїв.

    ruЯ хожу в автошколу.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
an institution dedicated to teaching and learning:
college or university:
a department/institute at a college or university:
a group of fish:
Русский
By meaning 5
an institution dedicated to teaching and learning:
college or university:
a department/institute at a college or university:
(collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine:
a group of fish:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
an institution dedicated to teaching and learning:
college or university:
a department/institute at a college or university:
a group of fish:

Origin

From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Proto-West G

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.

From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”).

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Forms

plural: schools
Singularschool
Pluralschools

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a building where young people receive education:schoolhouse
  • the process of being formally educated at a school:schooling
  • a large group of fish:shoal
  • the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session:schooltimeschool day

Word family

185 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • high school
  • go to school
  • in high school
  • high school student
  • junior high school
  • late for school
  • walk to school
  • absent from school
  • from high school
  • a high school
  • be at school
  • school today

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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