Added 7 October 2026
school
/skuːl/ noun
In Latin: collēgium, lūdus, schola Wiktionary
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An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
- An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
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At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
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To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
- To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
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To control, or compose, one’s expression.
She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
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Origin
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. Compare Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), German Schule (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”).
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