school

  • 31school — I n 1. educational institution, primary school, grammar school, secondary school, high school; institution of higher education or learning, college, university, multiversity, Both Derog. phrontistery or phron tisterion; private school, boarding… …

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  • 32school*/*/*/ — [skuːl] noun 1) [C/U] a place where children go to be taught, or the time during the day when they are there the biggest school in the city[/ex] The kids will be at school until 3.00 today.[/ex] It s time to go to school.[/ex] They go swimming… …

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  • 33school — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scole, from Old English scōl, from Latin schola, from Greek scholē leisure, discussion, lecture, school; perhaps akin to Greek echein to hold more at scheme Date: before 12th century 1. an organization that… …

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  • 34School — École Pour les articles homonymes, voir École (homonymie) …

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  • 35school — {{11}}school (n.1) place of instruction, O.E. scol, from L. schola, from Gk. skhole school, lecture, discussion, also leisure, spare time, originally a holding back, a keeping clear, from skhein to get + ole by analogy with bole a throw, stole …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 36school — I. /skul / (say skoohl) noun 1. a place or establishment where instruction is given, especially one for children. 2. the body of students or pupils attending a school. 3. a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for… …

  • 37school — I [[t]skul[/t]] n. 1) edu an institution for teaching persons under college age 2) a college or university 3) edu an institution or academic department for instruction in a particular skill or field 4) edu a systematic program of studies: summer… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38school — An institution or place for instruction or education. @ common schools Schools maintained at the public expense and administered by a bureau of the state, district, or municipal government, for the gratuitous education of the children of all… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39school —   1. Educational. Kula. See high school, manual, preparatory school, private, reform school, select school, teacher, university.    ♦ Go to school, hele kula, kukula.    ♦ Hold school, kula.    ♦ School supplies, lako kula …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 40school — A place for systematic instruction in any branch or branches of knowledge; a place where instruction is imparted. 47 Am J1st Sch § 2. A place where instruction is imparted, irrespective of the number of persons being taught. People v Levisen, 404 …

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