School Definition

sko͝ol

schooled, schooling, schools

noun

schools

An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age.

American Heritage

A place or institution for teaching and learning; establishment for education.

Webster's New World

The process of formal training and instruction at a school; formal education; schooling.

Webster's New World

Attendance at a school.

To miss school for a week.

Webster's New World

An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.

American Heritage

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verb

schooled, schooling, schools

To train, as at school; teach; instruct; educate.

Webster's New World

To move together in a school, as fish, whales, etc.

Webster's New World

To swim in or form into a school.

American Heritage

To discipline or control.

Schooled herself in composure.

Webster's New World

To defeat or put down decisively, especially in a humiliating manner.

Our team got schooled by the worst team in the division.

American Heritage

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learn

adjective

Of a school or schools.

Webster's New World

Of or relating to school or education in schools.

School supplies; a school dictionary.

American Heritage

Of the Schoolmen (see schoolman.

Webster's New World

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other

Other Word Forms of School

Noun

Singular:

school

Plural:

schools

Origin of School

From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education"), from Proto-Germanic *skōla (“school"), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school"), from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (scholeion), from σχολή (scholÄ“, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place"), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵhe-, *sǵhÄ“- (“to hold, have, possess"). Cognate with Old Frisian skÅ«le, schÅ«le (Dutch school, “school"), Old High German scuola (German Schule, “school"), Old Norse skōli (Danish skole, “school"). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company"), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band"). See school₁. Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory"), Old English siÄ¡e, sigor (“victory").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish"), from Middle Dutch scole (Dutch school, “multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals"), from Old Saxon scola, skola (“troop, multitude"), from Proto-Germanic *skulō (“crowd"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kÊ·el- (“crowd, people"). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop"), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish"). More at shoal.

From Wiktionary
Middle English scole from Old English scōl from Latin schola, scola from Greek skholē segh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English scole from Old English scōl from Latin schola, scola from Greek skholē segh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English scole from Middle Dutch skel-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition