school
/skul/ noun A1- 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.
- 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.
- An art movement, a community of artists.
- 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.
- The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution. · I’ll see you after school.
- The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
- 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.
- An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
Plural schools
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“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed breathlessly, “there’s going to be a Sunday-school picnic next week--in Mr.
It can’t be denied your hair is terrible red; but I knew a girl once--went to school with her, in fact--whose hair was every mite as red as yours when she was young, but when she grew up it darkened to a real handsome auburn.
“Did you ever go to school?” demanded Marilla, turning the sorrel mare down the shore road.
When I went up river we were so far from a school that I couldn’t walk it in winter and there was vacation in summer, so I could only go in the spring and fall.
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